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Lot 77

DORN (FRANK)
A Map and History of Peiping. With Explanatory Booklet, FIRST EDITION, Tientsin-Peiping, Peiyang Press, 1936

26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DORN (FRANK)

A Map and History of Peiping. With Explanatory Booklet, FIRST EDITION, large folding colour lithographed map of Peking (865 x 755mm.), light overall toning, several short tears at folds, with 22pp. of text, the map loose as issued in pocket inside lower cover publisher's printed cloth-backed paper wrappers, original printed slipcase (torn with small loss at edges) [Pegg, Cartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps, pp.54-55], small 4to, Tientsin-Peiping, Peiyang Press, 1936

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THE FIRST EDITION OF A HIGHLY DECORATIVE MAP OF BEIJING, depicting the principal sites and occupations of the inhabitants of the city, within a pictographic border showing Chinese history, the whole enlivened with amusing vignettes of the everyday life and sights of the city.

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