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Fu Chew Fu or Hockshew
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light creasing to one edge . . .
the image is NOt so clear and
crisp on these as the ones below.
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plate'
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Hu-kew-hyen, or Kyew on
the River Kyang.
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laid paper £35 some have
light creasing to one edge . . .
the image is NOt so clear and
crisp on these as the ones below.
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plate'
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Porcelaine Tower of Nan
Kin
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the image is NOt so clear and
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The city of Pekin.
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laid paper £35 some have
light creasing to one edge . . .
the image is NOt so clear and
crisp on these as the ones below.
. suspect a 'tired
plate'
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The city
Quang-chew-fû, or Canton.
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The city Shau-chew, 100
miles north of Canton.
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light creasing to one edge . . .
the image is NOt so clear and
crisp on these as the ones below.
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plate'
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A map of Quan-tong or
Lea-tonge; Province and the
Kingdom of Kau-li or Corea.
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Many
are images recut from the Dutch
traveller Johan Nieuhoff's 'Die
Gesantschaft der Ost-Indischen
Geselshaft'..., published in Amsterdam,
1669. Nieuhoff (1618 - 1672)
traveled with a Dutch ambassadorial
mission to Peking and recorded many of
the towns, life and nature of Chinese
culture which were published in this
account. ie the image is from an
earlier date than the publication
date
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Chinese actors. from
Niuehof
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by John Green, fl. 1730-1753
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Ambassador Conduted to
Audience
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Audience of leave.
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Banquet in the best
Audience Hall.
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Chinese Barks
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Bell of Pe-king; Bell of
Erford.
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Strolling beggars in
China; Laying burning coals on
their heads and using other
austerities.
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& Thomas Astley ; engraved by
George Child. Size 23 x 19 cm on
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Strolling beggars in China;
Who practice austerities to
extort alms, striking their heads
against a stone or one another.
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The water castle at
Canton.
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City of Diu.
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An emperor of China - in
his usual dress, in his robes; A
Bonza; A husbandman.
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Way of catching fish by
boards japanned with white
varnish, which the fish mistaking
by moonlight for water, leap on
and are taken; Way of taking wild
ducks by men going into the water
with their heads in the shells of
large gourds, with holes to see
and breath through.
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Priests or monks of Fo..
.
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by John Green, fl. 1730-1753
& Thomas Astley ; engraved by
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"Habits
of the Tonquinese,"
published
1753, London. Copper engraved
image of 3 natives of Tonquin, or
Tonkin, part of South East Asia.
Tonquin was conquered by the
Chinese in 1406, and by the
Anames in
1790.
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& Thomas Astley ; engraved by
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The mountain of the five
Horse-heads.
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George Child. Size 23 x 19 cm on
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Mandarins or place-men;
Those of war - Tartar, Chinese;
Those in the government - winter
habits, summer habits.
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& Thomas Astley ; engraved by
Nathaniel Parr Size 23 x 19 cm on
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Chinese ladies.
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James Basire. Size 23 x 19 cm on
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The Lou-wa or fishing
bird.
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A flying fish; Village of
Lan-tang, near Ma-kau.
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by John Green, fl. 1730-1753
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Temple of Konjansiam,
held in great veneration
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Death of the Last Chinese
Emperor of the Ming in 1644
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Nan-yang, a Chinese city
on the River Kyang.
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J Wood Size 23 x 19 cm on laid
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Temple of Pau-lin-shi
near Nankin; In this temple are
at least 10,000 images all made
of plaister, some 6 feet high,
but most of them only one.
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The silk manufacturing in
China; Winding from the cods in
the cauldron; Balneum Maria to
kill the worms in the cods;
Taking the cods from the mats
after smothered in the earthen
pots; Winding from the cods in a
copper if warm water; Ways of
winding silk; Hanging up the
sheets of paper with eggs on
them.
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Temple of Quang-qua-myau
covered with porcelain.
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Pe-Kin, capital of China.
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staining
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Chinese temples;
Sin-ko-tsyen.
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Mountains & straits
of Sang-wan-hab on the River Tay
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A street of Pekin &
Nankin. \
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Females: A Tartar lady;
Servant maid; A Bonzess
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Chinese Sepuchres
Chinese Husbandmen
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The fortress of
Tyen-tsing-wey, on the utmost
border eastward of the province
of Pe-king, where 3 rivers meet.
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The Great Imperial
Throne.
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City Tong Chew 180 mile
west of Canton
Pilgramage of the Chinese God
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The
Emperor of China Recieving Homage
from his Subjects
Original
antique ethnographic print From
Charles Theodore Middleton's " A
New and Complete System of
Geography Containing a Full,
Accurate, Authentic and
Interesting Account and
Description of Europe, Asia,
Afric and America Consisting of.
. . . etc" . Size 6 3/8 x 10 1/2.
Copper Engraving. maps by Thomas
Bowen, Printed for J. Cooke ,
London 1777-79. : Elephant Folio.
. All are as shown in the pic as
duplicates are shown separately
etc . They are shown in clear
daylight to accentuate flaws many
would benefit from a light
wash/clean some would look nice
tinted as an old fashioned person
I like them as designed .For
specific condition reports etc
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"Chinese
Mandarins
Chinese
Merchants
Original
antique ethnographic print From
Charles Theodore Middleton's " A
New and Complete System of
Geography Containing a Full,
Accurate, Authentic and
Interesting Account and
Description of Europe, Asia,
Afric and America Consisting of.
. . . etc" . Size 6 3/8 x 10 1/2.
Copper Engraving. maps by Thomas
Bowen, Printed for J. Cooke ,
London 1777-79. : Elephant Folio.
. All are as shown in the pic as
duplicates are shown separately
etc . They are shown in clear
daylight to accentuate flaws many
would benefit from a light
wash/clean some would look nice
tinted as an old fashioned person
I like them as designed .For
specific condition reports etc
ask £20 . .. 2 copies
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A
Chinese Pagoda
A
Chinese Sepulchre
Original
antique ethnographic print From
Bankes's "New System of
Geography, Published by Royal
Authority". The print was
published by C. Cooke in London
ca 1775. . . . etc"" Size 12.5*x
18cms Copper engraving. :
Elephant Folio. . All are as
shown in the pic as duplicates
are shown separately etc . They
are shown in clear daylight to
accentuate flaws many would
benefit from a light wash/clean
some would look nice tinted as an
old fashioned person I like them
as designed .For specific
condition reports etc ask
£20
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Chinese
Dresses
Emperor/
, law; Military etc
Peasant
Original
antique ethnographic print From
Bankes's "New System of
Geography, Published by Royal
Authority". The print was
published by C. Cooke in London
ca 1775. . . . etc"t" Size 12.5*x
18cms Copper engraving. :
Elephant Folio. . All are as
shown in the pic as duplicates
are shown separately etc . They
are shown in clear daylight to
accentuate flaws many would
benefit from a light wash/clean
some would look nice tinted as an
old fashioned person I like them
as designed .For specific
condition reports etc ask
£20 . .. 2 copies
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A
Chinese Floating Town
Chinese
Batsiangs or boats covered with
mats the rowers are covered in
Cocoa leaves
Original
antique ethnographic print From
Bankes's "New System of
Geography, Published by Royal
Authority". The print was
published by C. Cooke in London
ca 1775. . . . etc" Size 12.5*x
18cms Copper engraving. :
Elephant Folio. . All are as
shown in the pic as duplicates
are shown separately etc . They
are shown in clear daylight to
accentuate flaws many would
benefit from a light wash/clean
some would look nice tinted as an
old fashioned person I like them
as designed .For specific
condition reports etc ask
£20
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Temple
images; Mi-ni-fo or Pleasure; The
Great Kin-gang;
Immortality.
Inside the
Temple from Neuhof
From an
undated print of an engraving by
Nathaniel Parr.(floruit
1742-1751) from a picture by
Neuhof, p. 29'. O | |
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