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1980S CHINESE NEW YEAR PRINT FROM WEIFANG IN SHANDONG PROVINCE, CHINA 刻版王太平張傳信中國濰坊年畫社？.

38 SMALL BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF KOREA TAKEN IN 1927 PLUS ONE COLOUR POSTCARD 1920s

Akiyama Terukazu:
- HEIAN JIDAI SEZOKUGA NO KENKYU
Secular Painting in Early Mediaeval Japan

Alcock, Sir Rutherford:
- THE CAPITAL OF THE TYCOON: A NARRATIVE OF A THREE YEARS' RESIDENCE IN JAPAN

Allison, Effie B. and Arakawa Toyozo:
- EXHIBITION OF ORIENTAL BLUE AND WHITE FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. JOHN M. ALLISON

Almqvist, Kurt ed:
- THE SAMPANS FROM CANTON

Alonso, Mary Ellen ed:
- CHINA'S INNER ASIAN FRONTIER

Anderson, William:
- JAPANESE WOOD ENGRAVINGS

Archaeological Research Institute ed:
- QINGHAI LIUWAN
Excavation of a Primitive Society Cemetery at Liuwan in Qinghai 青海 榴灣.

Archer, Mildred:
- COMPANY DRAWINGS IN THE INDIA OFFICE LIBRARY

Army Security Agency:
- SUPPLEMENTARY CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Necipoglu, Gulru ed:
- ARS ORIENTALIS VOLUME 23

ART AND ARTIFICE

ART DE L'EXTREME ORIENT

Art Museum, Chinese University HK:
- JINYAO FENGHUA: MENGDIE XUAN CANG ZHONGGUO GUDAI JIN SHI
Radiant Legacy: Ancient Chinese Gold from the Mengdiexuan Collection 金曜風華 ： 夢蝶軒藏中國古代金飾.

Asia Society Galleries ed:
- PICTURING HONG KONG

SOWCN1
Sowerby, Arthur de Carle: CHINA'S NATURAL HISTORY. A Guide to the Shanghai Museum (R.A.S.). Shanghai, 1936. Colour frontispiece (of giant and little pandas), [5], 108 pp. text plus 6 full page colour and 54 pp. b/w plates hors texte. Numerous b/w text drawings, a number full page. 25x18 cm. Cloth, dustjacket with wear and tear.
GBP 500.00
A guide to the Shanghai Museum in the mid-1930s. In three parts: Part I: Anthropology; Part II: Art and Archaeology; Part III: Natural History. Of these, Part III on Natural History is the largest (reflecting the author's main interest) and has sections on Zoology (Verberata and Inverberata), Botany and Geology. Much black-and-white photographic illustration throughout plus a number of colour plates primarily of butterflies and moths. A good number of pleasingly-executed text drawings. Sowerby was the Honorary Director of the Museum at the time of publication. Published by the Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai Branch. Author's dedication with signature on frontpaper. A true period piece. Rare. The first time we have seen this publication. In very good condition. The dustjacket with wear and tear.
Subjects: Botany Art
Item 595 in List 212.
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