Romantic China: An album containing forty-two photographic studies of China's Historic Monuments and Charming Beauty Spots complete with descriptive and historical notes. 41 finescreen gravure plates from photographs. (10½x8¾"), reddish-brown cloth embossed in gilt & black. First Edition.Herbert and Henry White went to China in 1922 as missionaries, and as skilled photographers spent much time documenting it. As explained in their Foreword and Postscript, their missionary zeal focused on helping youth of China with artistic talents to be self-supporting by coloring and copying their photos. The brothers established Browhite Arts in Shanghai to market their work.

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