Shan jixiang ed (1 risultati)

Cloth. Condizione: Good, unless otherwise noted. 33x25cm, 399 pp. B/w photographic illustrations throughout, many full page. // Shows over 500 black-and-white photographs of the Forbidden City. The photographs were mainly taken in the Forbidden City between 1903 and 1925 and all are held in the collection of the Gugong Palace Museum in Beijing. A fascinating selection of images, the large majority previously unpublished. Includes the Dowager Empress, Cixi, the Last Emperor Pu Yi as a child through to a young man, the imperial entourage, eunuchs, concubines, palace servants and political figures. Preface, introductions to each section and captions to plates in English. Main text in Chinese.…