Frank Dorn

A fascinating signed first-edition pictorial map of Beijing and ephemera.

• Frank Dorn (American).
• A Map and History of Peiping.
• The Peiyang Press Ltd. Tientsin-Peiping, 1936.
• Large color lithograph, signed and dedicated in lower-right recto, accompanied by the explanation booklet, exhibition card and signed photo.

Original edition of this highly visual map of Peking, showing the principal sites and occupations of the inhabitants, within a border giving a pictographic introduction to Chinese history from 1100 B.C. to 1927. The whole map crowded with amusing vignettes of the life and sights of Peking, ranging from the Forbidden City and the Old Execution Ground through to Pigeon Thieves, the Eunuchs' Cemetery, the Dog Temple, the Temple of Eighteen Hells and the Spider Pagoda. A delightful work that provides not only ongoing entertainment and amusement but also much information on little-known aspects of the city.

General Joseph Stilwell

Frank and Peggy Roberts, and thence by descent.

Pegg, Cartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps pp.54-55