China and Japan Album of 119 photographs titled 'Souvenir de mon voyage en Extrême Orient. 16 Janvier 1896 - 13 Mai 1897'. Oblong folio (316 x 400mm.), 119 albumen prints (average 210 x 270mm., or the reverse), comprising 45 of China (2 signed in the negative by Pow Kee and one by Sze Yuen Ming & Co.), 4 of Hong Kong, 52 hand-tinted of Japan (some by the studio of T. Enami), 12 of Egypt and 6 of Ceylon, pasted at corners onto paper leaves, recto only, each with contemporary manuscript ink caption in French on the mount, contemporary half roan, decorative papered-boards with vignettes of Chinese life, birds, flowers, and symbols, printed in gold, silver and red on a black background, some photographs faded (mostly of Egypt), some occasional wear and tears, a few photographs detached at corners, binding slightly rubbed A large and impressive album of rare photographs, mostly of China and Japan, collected by a French traveller, Monsieur Rothan, during a 17 month trip to Asia in the 1890s. The photographs comprise 45 of China (11 views and scenes in Hankow, one of Shanghai, 2 of Wuchang, 6 of the tea trade in and around Hankow, 3 Chinese temples, portrait of a mandarin, portrait of the vice-roy 'Li-Lung-Chang', and various scenes of Chinese life, agriculture, trades and transport, including leather workers at Hankow, Chinese orphans at a missionary school, beggars, hunting cicadas, court scene, execution, orchestra, wedding procession, barber, taking opium, and portraits of women), 4 of Hong Kong, 52 of Japan (including views of Nagasaki, Kobe, Kyoto, and Osaka, trades, portraits of Japanese and typical scenes of Japanese life), 12 of Egypt (most by Zangaki, comprising 7 views of Port Said and the Suez canal and 5 portraits of Egyptian and North African subjects), and 6 of Ceylon (most with the Apothecaries Co. Ltd. blindstamp). PROVENANCE:Rothan, (signature and inscription on preliminary blank); thence by family descentCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
China and Japan Album of 119 photographs titled 'Souvenir de mon voyage en Extrême Orient. 16 Janvier 1896 - 13 Mai 1897'. Oblong folio (316 x 400mm.), 119 albumen prints (average 210 x 270mm., or the reverse), comprising 45 of China (2 signed in the negative by Pow Kee and one by Sze Yuen Ming & Co.), 4 of Hong Kong, 52 hand-tinted of Japan (some by the studio of T. Enami), 12 of Egypt and 6 of Ceylon, pasted at corners onto paper leaves, recto only, each with contemporary manuscript ink caption in French on the mount, contemporary half roan, decorative papered-boards with vignettes of Chinese life, birds, flowers, and symbols, printed in gold, silver and red on a black background, some photographs faded (mostly of Egypt), some occasional wear and tears, a few photographs detached at corners, binding slightly rubbed A large and impressive album of rare photographs, mostly of China and Japan, collected by a French traveller, Monsieur Rothan, during a 17 month trip to Asia in the 1890s. The photographs comprise 45 of China (11 views and scenes in Hankow, one of Shanghai, 2 of Wuchang, 6 of the tea trade in and around Hankow, 3 Chinese temples, portrait of a mandarin, portrait of the vice-roy 'Li-Lung-Chang', and various scenes of Chinese life, agriculture, trades and transport, including leather workers at Hankow, Chinese orphans at a missionary school, beggars, hunting cicadas, court scene, execution, orchestra, wedding procession, barber, taking opium, and portraits of women), 4 of Hong Kong, 52 of Japan (including views of Nagasaki, Kobe, Kyoto, and Osaka, trades, portraits of Japanese and typical scenes of Japanese life), 12 of Egypt (most by Zangaki, comprising 7 views of Port Said and the Suez canal and 5 portraits of Egyptian and North African subjects), and 6 of Ceylon (most with the Apothecaries Co. Ltd. blindstamp). PROVENANCE:Rothan, (signature and inscription on preliminary blank); thence by family descentCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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