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SEGALEN, Victor, GILBERT de VOISINGS & Jean LARTIGUE

Mission archéologique en Chine: L'art funéraire à l'époque des Han [texte]. - La sculpture et les monuments funéraires (Provinces du Chansi et du Sseu-tch'ouan) Atlas vol.

Paris
Paul Geuthner
1935

€650 - €900

Together 3 volumes, 4to text volume and 2 folio atlas volumes (39,5 x 29,5 cm) containing 145 plates (1-144, and 64 bis). Text bound in original printed purple paper wrappers, atlas contents loose in original cloth-backed printed board portfolios, cloth ties

A rare complete set, of the inventory of the archaeological findings obtained in Western China during the year 1914, by Victor Segalen, Gilbert de Voisins and Jean Lartigue. Segalen complemented his written notes with sketches and photographs of monumental statuary. Revealing an innate sense of composition and lighting, he ranks as the most talented photographer of the twilight period of Imperial China

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