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JOHN THOMSON
Illustrations of China and its People. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1873-74. 4 volumes, 2° (472 x 350mm). 218 photographic views and portraits on 96 plates, interleaved with descriptive text. (Occasional light spotting, not affecting images.) Original publisher's purple pictorial cloth, the upper covers titled and blocked in gilt with the Confucian Temple, Peking, bevelled edges, g.e. (rebacked, light wear to extremities, partial fading to vol. IV).
FIRST EDITION. Thomson spent five years in China, travelling from Hong Kong to Peking, following a coastal route with frequent trips inland. The first European visitor to many sights, Thomson's aim in producing this work was to 'present a series of pictures of China and its people' which would 'convey an accurate impression of the country I traversed as well as of the arts, usages, and manners which prevail in different provinces of the Empire. With this intention I made the camera the constant companion of my wanderings, and to it I am indebted for the faithful reproduction of the scenes I visited, and of the types of race with which I came into contact'. Goldschmidt The Truthful Lens 168. (4)
Illustrations of China and its People. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1873-74. 4 volumes, 2° (472 x 350mm). 218 photographic views and portraits on 96 plates, interleaved with descriptive text. (Occasional light spotting, not affecting images.) Original publisher's purple pictorial cloth, the upper covers titled and blocked in gilt with the Confucian Temple, Peking, bevelled edges, g.e. (rebacked, light wear to extremities, partial fading to vol. IV).
FIRST EDITION. Thomson spent five years in China, travelling from Hong Kong to Peking, following a coastal route with frequent trips inland. The first European visitor to many sights, Thomson's aim in producing this work was to 'present a series of pictures of China and its people' which would 'convey an accurate impression of the country I traversed as well as of the arts, usages, and manners which prevail in different provinces of the Empire. With this intention I made the camera the constant companion of my wanderings, and to it I am indebted for the faithful reproduction of the scenes I visited, and of the types of race with which I came into contact'. Goldschmidt The Truthful Lens 168. (4)
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