DORMO1 Dorn, Frank: THE MAP OF OLD PEKING FOLKLORE. Lao Beijing Fengsu Ditu. 老北京風俗地圖. Beijing, 2004. Large folding colour map (76x57 cm when unfolded) 20x20 cm. Paper. GBP 20.00 Facsimile reproduction of Frank Dorn's famous and delightful 1936 map of Beijing: 'A Map and History of Peiping'. A chromolithographed bird's-eye view of Beijing within a comic strip-style border that gives a chronological pictographic introduction to Chinese history from 1100 B.C. to 1927. The map was hand-drawn by Dorn and is covered with drawings showing the principal sites of the city and the occupations and pastimes of the inhabitants. The original is now hard-to-find. The map is in English. Chinese text on reverse. A real treat. Subjects: Beijing Maps and Atlases Item 473 in List 210. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?d/DORMO1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. | ![]() |