Old Beijing
postcards from the Imperial City
Edición de la obra Old Beijing
| Autor | Felicitas Titus |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Tuttle Pub. |
| Fecha de publicación | 2012 |
| Lugar | North Clarendon, Vt |
| Idioma | inglés |
| ISBN-13 | 9780804841856 |
| OCLC | 745979513 |
| LCCN | 2011042469 |
| Número de Cutter | T623o |
"Camel trains arriving at a city gate; the distinctive architecture of the Forbidden City, its pagodas, imperial buildings and temples; Manchu fashion, the Empress Dowager and the child emperor Puyi; street performers and foreign tourists--all come to life again in this extraordinary collection of rare and vintage postcards. Old Beijing: Postcards from the Imperial City offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital. Comprising 350 black-and-white and hand-tinted cards that span the period from the last years of Imperial China to the Japanese invasion of 1937, it is a treasure trove for historians, collectors, Sinophiles, and anyone fascinated by people and cultures from times past"--