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CHINA An unusual album of portraits (mostly women, some actors) and several views, including 60 albumen small prints (56 portraits; 4 views of Tientsin), some with small areas tinted in pink, typically approx. 100 x 70mm. or slightly smaller, some shaped, mostly mounted between 3 and 4 per page; 4 larger (115 x 155mm). gelatin silver views (2 street processions; Chinese prisoners in cangues with European soldiers; large gateway), occasional red ink captions in French, contemporary pictorial lacquer (jinrikisha/rickshaw scene on upper cover, flowers on lower), worn, one cover detached, oblong 8vo, [c.1900] For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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CHINA An unusual album of portraits (mostly women, some actors) and several views, [c.1900]
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