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The Imperial Palaces of Peking - Two Hundred and Seventy Four Plates in Collotype after Photographs by the Author (1926)
Osvald Sirén
Paris & Brussels: Librairie National d'Art et d'Histoire; G. van Oest, 1926.
First Edition
In three volumes
Full recent burgundy buckram with gilt lettering.
B08908
Elaborately illustrated with 274 fine collotype plates, 12 Architectural Drawings and 2 Maps. A gorgeous set of a comprehensive collection of images of the environs of the Imperial Palaces, taken in 1922 during author’s stay in Peking. Many of the images were never previously seen in other publications. Osvald Sirén was a notable Swedish art historian whose major publications include Walls and Gates of Peking (1924). Rare.
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