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120. QIANLONG, EMPEROR OF CHINA AND ISIDORE-STANISLAS HELMAN. QIANLONG, EMPEROR OF CHINA AND ISIDORE-STANISLAS HELMAN. Suite de seize estampes représentant les conquêtes de l'Empereur de la Chine, avec leur explication, 1783-1788.

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120. 2649746. QIANLONG, EMPEROR OF CHINA AND ISIDORE-STANISLAS HELMAN. QIANLONG, EMPEROR OF CHINA AND ISIDORE-STANISLAS HELMAN. Suite de seize estampes représentant les conquêtes de l'Empereur de la Chine, avec leur explication, 1783-1788.

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Qianlong, Emperor of China and Isidore-Stanislas Helman. Suite de seize estampes représentant les conquêtes de l'Empereur de la Chine, avec leur explication, 24 engraved plates on 22 sheets, (plates 18-19-20 joined and folded), engraved sheet with descriptive text, contemporary boards, oblong folio, Paris: chez l'Auteur, 1783-1788

RARE.

This rare series of engravings record the battles and victories the Chinese Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799). The first series of views (nos.1-16) record the many conflicts with the Zunghars between 1754-1760 and were commissioned by the Emperor Qianlong in 1765. The original scheme was ambitious and when the production of the oversized copperplates faltered, a new printer and engraver, Isidore-Stanislas Helman, took over production, producing detailed copper-engraved plates on a more manageable scale. The original series of sixteen plates proved so successful, Helman produced two further series, smaller in scope, in 1786 and 1788. All series are present here.

Condition

Some watermarks to lower right margin, light spotting throughout, text leaf creased and soiled with lower edge torn with minor loss of engraved borders, boards with extremities worn.

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120. 2649746. QIANLONG, EMPEROR OF CHINA AND ISIDORE-STANISLAS HELMAN. QIANLONG, EMPEROR OF CHINA AND ISIDORE-STANISLAS HELMAN. Suite de seize estampes représentant les conquêtes de l'Empereur de la Chine, avec leur explication, 1783-1788.

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Qianlong, Emperor of China and Isidore-Stanislas Helman. Suite de seize estampes représentant les conquêtes de l'Empereur de la Chine, avec leur explication, 24 engraved plates on 22 sheets, (plates 18-19-20 joined and folded), engraved sheet with descriptive text, contemporary boards, oblong folio, Paris: chez l'Auteur, 1783-1788

RARE.

This rare series of engravings record the battles and victories the Chinese Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799). The first series of views (nos.1-16) record the many conflicts with the Zunghars between 1754-1760 and were commissioned by the Emperor Qianlong in 1765. The original scheme was ambitious and when the production of the oversized copperplates faltered, a new printer and engraver, Isidore-Stanislas Helman, took over production, producing detailed copper-engraved plates on a more manageable scale. The original series of sixteen plates proved so successful, Helman produced two further series, smaller in scope, in 1786 and 1788. All series are present here.

Condition

Some watermarks to lower right margin, light spotting throughout, text leaf creased and soiled with lower edge torn with minor loss of engraved borders, boards with extremities worn.

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Catalogue no
120

Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photography

Welcome to our Spring Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photography Sale offering a fine selection of antiquarian books and later work.

We are delighted to be offering an extensive and previously unrecorded archive of items relating to the great Victorian showman, author, and entrepreneur Albert Smith (1816-60). The scrolling diorama with scenes from the Alpine Rooms in the Egyptian Hall where he told his tales of climbing Mont Blanc that became such a feature of mid-Victorian society, must be one of the gems in the collection.

Viewing Times:
7th - 14th March - By Appointment Only
9:30am - 4:30pm
(excluding Sat/Sun)

Wednesday 15th March - Public Viewing
9:30am - 4:30pm

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

BOOKS, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS

In addition to the general Conditions of Sale, the following special conditions shall apply to printed books, historical documents, manuscripts and autograph letters.

Unless listed in the Catalogue as 'not subject to return' or 'with all faults' (w.a.f.), printed books which are found to be defective in pages or illustrations (provided these have not already been noted in the catalogue) may be returned by the purchaser and the sale set aside within 14 days as at the time of the sale.

The above condition of sale shall apply only to text and illustrations.

No book shall be returned, neither can the sale be set aside, because of damage to bindings, inscriptions, worm holes not materially damaging the text, foxing or other stains, missing or defective blank leaves or advertisements; nor for any question of authorship or such disputative matters as first edition 'points'. No unnamed volume may be returned.

In the case of letters, documents and manuscripts, the following terms or abbreviations are to be understood: Autograph letters signed (ALS): letter and signature wholly in the hand of the sender; letter or document signed: signature only in the hand of the sender; such terms as typewritten letter signed, autograph postcard signed etc. to be similarly interpreted.

All sales are subject to the conditions of sale. VAT is payable on framed maps.

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