Photographs--Child, Thomas, W. Saunders, H.C. Cammidge, and others

4to (305 x 254mm.), 80 ALBUMEN PRINTS (mostly 210 x 275mm., or the reverse), comprising 74 Chinese views and subjects and 6 of Japan (5 hand-tinted), by various photographers including Thomas Child, William Saunders, H.C. Cammidge and others, mounted recto and verso on card mounts, each captioned on the mount in black ink in French, contemporary red cloth, upper cover with pictorial design in black and gilt and titled "Album", flat spine with label "Chine photos 1860-1875", some chipping and loss to edges of brittle mounts, binding rubbed, neatly rebacked

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The photographs show images taken in Shanghai (30), Peking (5), Nanking (5), Chefoo (2), Soochow (3), Kinkiang (2), Chinkiang, Woochow, and Canton; they include topographical views, modes of transport, military subjects, prisoners, an execution, architecture, pagodas, ancient monuments, and scenes of everyday life.