CHINA - BEIJING Album of 27 unusual views of the Legation Quarter in Beijing [Peking], the majority silver gelatin prints (2 matt silver prints), images 240 x 300mm., mounted on stiff card (recto and verso, a leaves loose), lacks binding (except upper cover), oblong 4to (260 x 340mm.), [c.1905] Footnotes: Fine views of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, taken shortly after the area was partially destroyed during the Boxer Rebellion. The majority show elevated views of the buildings, along Legation Street, the canal and quarter walls, the Cathedral, and expanses of communal gardens and scrublands, often populated with both Western and indigenous populations going about their daily lives. Three depict groups (2 Western, of which one of children in fancy dress with locals; the other a group of Chinese dignitaries). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing