Description: Dianshizhai Pictorial SHANGHAI. CHINA. 1880s. 1st Edition. 5 ¼ x 9 inches. Softcover. String-tied wrappers, printed paper cover-label. [196 pp.], i.e. 2 leaves of text + 96 numbered double page with lithographed illustrations. Wear/aging, creasing, waiving, covers frayed. Generally sound. Complete. Early issue of this influential lithographed periodical. Rare in any condition. Between 1884 and 1898, Chinese readers were treated to a revolutionary publishing undertaking aimed at a mass audience: the Dianshizhai huabao—literally “Illustrated News of the Dianshizhai Lithographic Studio,” and more concisely rendered as “Dianshizhai Pictorial.” Published three times a month in Shanghai, imperial China’s most cosmopolitan metropolis, this periodical offered more than just a graphic window on contemporary Western as well as Chinese happenings and developments. In its format, illustrations, and textual commentary, the Daishizhai Pictorial was itself a dramatic example of what was deemed both new and/or newsworthy in the closing decades of the Qing dynasty. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter
Price: 562.5 USD
Location: Amherst, Massachusetts
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Subject: Illustrated
Topic: China
Original/Facsimile: Original
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Year Printed: 1884
Language: Chinese
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
