Condition: Manuscript atlas ([13] folded double leaves) : colour maps mounted on thick rice paper ; sheets 33 x 39 centimeters, folded to 33 x 19,5 centimeters. Korea, early or mid nineteenth century.
The Ch’onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven] is a 19th century copy of the traditional Korean atlas produced in the early Ch..
Condition: Oblong 4to album, boards ( disbound ) covered with Chinese floral cloth (faded), comprising 104 photographs of varying dimensions, albumen prints, mounted on cardboard (some detached and/or damaged), presented in plastic sleeves. Album damaged, soiled, rubbed, faded, 2 covers separated. Photographs a little faded, some cardboards damp staining. [caption reads: “Voyage de Bangkok à Pnompenh/Mars 1892”].
Very interesting photo album including a photograph of “the King of Korea and his son” reproduced in Charles Varat Voyage en ..