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Auction: CSS115B - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale - e-Auction
Lot: 2316

Miscellaneous
Literature and Books
Books
1924 first edition "The Chater Cillection--Pictures relating to China, Hong Kong, Macao, 1655-1860" Editor: James Orange; Hardcover, cracks, contamination and corrosion between the spine and cover. This book was once collected by the University of Minnesota Library. Only 750 copies of this book were printed, and this copy is numbered 611. Book size: 26x31.4cmx4.5cm.
The Chater Collection was exhibited in the Special Exhibition Hall on the third floor of the Hong Kong Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui in 2007. The collection in this book is the first catalog of Chater's collection before the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong at World War II. Many of the collections have been lost after the war.


1924年初版 "The Chater Cillection--Pictures relating to China, Hong Kong, Macao, 1655-1860/ 中國通商圖" 編者: James Orange; 精裝本, 書脊與封面間有破裂, 污染及侵蝕. 此書曾經美國明尼蘇達大學圖書館收藏. 這書只印750本, 這本編号是611. 書本尺寸: 26x31.4cmx4.5cm. 遮打爵士藏品曾於2007年在尖沙咀香港藝術館三樓專題展覽廰展出, 而此書所載藏品是二戰日佔前遮打爵士的最初圖錄, 戰後藏品己經散失不少.

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HK$5,000

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