PHOTO ALBUM OF BOXER REBELLION IN BEIJING, CHINA (1900)

PHOTO ALBUM OF BOXER REBELLION IN BEIJING, CHINA (1900) Oblong folio (245 x 310mm.) 64 album prints (140x 200mm etc., or the reverse), mounted on thick card, front and reverse Footnotes: The album was initially published in New Novels issue No.1 during the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu Reign (1902). Within the text, it is mentioned that the owner had been in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion, and all the photos of the city and its people were taken by the owner himself. Consequently, the owner developed these photos on high-quality photographic paper and compiled them into an album. Readers who come across this album, even if they haven't been to Beijing, will feel as if they have experienced it firsthand. The availability of these albums is limited, so if the readers wish to have a preview, please purchase them promptly from Heitaro Takabayashi. The album consists of a total of 64 photographs, including 37 images of palace buildings and 23 pictures of historical figures. Noteworthy photos featured in the album include 'Signing of the Peace Protocol 1901 (The Chinese officials are Prince Ch'ing and Li Hung-chang,' 'The Old Empress Dowager at the time she returned from Hsi An Fu,' 'Yuan Shikai dressed in armor,' 'The Boxers,' 'Li Hongzhang's Family,' and various other valuable photographs. 庚子北京事變照相全冊　影集一冊　影相六十四幀　一九〇〇年 註：相簿照片共計六十四張，宮殿建築約三十七張；歷史人物約二十三張。其中包含「慶李與各國公使議和畫押」、「皇太后回鑾時小影」、「袁世凱戎裝」、「義和團」、「李鴻章全家」等珍貴影相。 梁啓超光緒二十八年（1902）創辦《新小説》第一號，即以全頁為此影集刊登廣告：「庚子事變本主人時適在北京，一切情景及宮殿各景皆親自照出。兹特用上好照相紙曬成，合爲一巨冊。閲者得此，雖未至北京，而亦儼如親歷其境矣。曬成無多，欲快先覩者，請速購取，高林平太郎啓。」該冊於當時定價十八元出售。 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing