87 pp. With gravure illustrations, some with color, from photographs by Ellen Catleen [Ellen Kolban Thorbecke]; vignette sketches & drawings by F.H. Schiff, including a color pictorial plan of Peking. 37.5x26 cm (14¾x10¼"), tan and red cloth, photographic cover label. First Edition. Ellen Catleen was wife of the Dutch ambassador to China in the 1930’s. The photographs were taken with a Roliflex camera, and are exceptional in quality and content, perfectly complimenting the charming drawings by Schiff.
87 pp. With gravure illustrations, some with color, from photographs by Ellen Catleen [Ellen Kolban Thorbecke]; vignette sketches & drawings by F.H. Schiff, including a color pictorial plan of Peking. 37.5x26 cm (14¾x10¼"), tan and red cloth, photographic cover label. First Edition. Ellen Catleen was wife of the Dutch ambassador to China in the 1930’s. The photographs were taken with a Roliflex camera, and are exceptional in quality and content, perfectly complimenting the charming drawings by Schiff.
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