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"Habillemens d'Hommes & de Femmes de Diverses Provinces de la Chine Avec un des Plus Beaux Monumens de ce Pais-La", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: China

Period: 1719 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.7 x 14.7 inches
42.4 x 37.3 cm
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A very visually striking engraved folio sheet with a large and nicely drawn view of a bridge in Xensi Province enclosed in a very decorative picture-frame style border. The view is surrounded below and at the sides with eleven vignettes showing the people of the various provinces of China.

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Condition: A

Dark impression with full, original margins. There are a couple spots in the margins and title, otherwise a fine example.

Estimate: $250 - $300

Sold for: $230

Closed on 3/17/2010

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