What: Auction of Chinese Books, Maps, Photographs and WorksWhere: Sotheby’s 34-35 New Bond Street London W1S 2RT UKWhen: Nov 7, 1.00pm GMTPublic Viewing: November 3-4, 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM GMT, November 5-6, 12:00 PM - 05:00 PM GMT, November 7, 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM GMTTop Lots of the Sale:The auction offers a wide selection of maps, photographs and works on paper relating to China. The lots consist of two single owner collections spread across two continents. Bernard Hanotiau in Belgium and Floyd Sully in Canada these collections have been extensively exhibited. Floyd Sully’s collection is famous for its rare maps, illustrated texts, and albums, many of which were produced in China. The library of Bernard Hanotiau comprises a collection of travel books on China dating from the 15th to the 20th century, with stress on illustrated works, combined with rare 19th and early 20th century photographs and photobooks. Top lots of this sale are:*Huang, Qianren, a complete map of the Great Qing’s ten-thousand-year unified (realm of) all under heaven, Daoguang 3, 1823, large woodblock map printed in 16 sections on 8 sheets . Estimate: GBP £ 80,000 — GBP £ 120,000 (US$ 107,376 - US$ 161,064)* Georges Auguste Morache (1837-1906), “Chine”, a boxed collection of 41 photographs of Beijing (1865-66), 42 albumen prints on 41 card mounts. Estimate: GBP £ 50,000 — GBP £ 80,000 (US$ 67,110 - US$ 107,376)*Maps of the Shanxi Province, manuscript Atlas, Shanxi c.1860S, 32 double-page maps, watercolor on Chinese paper, each captioned in Chinese calligraphy in a formal hand. Estimate: GBP £ 35,000 — GBP £ 40,000 (US$ 46,977 - US$ 53,688)*Major J.C. Watson (c.1834-1908), album of photographs of Ningpo (Ningbo) and surrounding region of China, c. 1870, 100 albumen prints. Estimate: GBP £ 30,000 — GBP £ 40,000 (US$ 40,266 - US$ 53,688)* Major J.C. Watson (c.1834-1908), Dr John Dudgeon (1837-1901), and John Thomson, album of photographs of Peking (Beijing), Ningpo (Ningbo), and environs of China, late 1860s, 99 albumen prints and 65 half-page all mounted on card. Estimate: GBP £ 30,000 — GBP £ 40,000 (US$ 40,266 - US$ 53,688)Click on the slideshow for highlights of the sale.
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