The Walls and Gates of Peking: Researches and Impressions by Osvald Siren, Illustrated with 109 Photogravures after Photographs by the Author and Fifty Architectural Drawings Made by Chinese Artists

Osvald Siren

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1924

[Imperial Beijing during the Qing Dynasty] Limited edition of 800 copies. Quarto.  Bound in publisher's cloth backed boards.  Shelf wear to cover. Some fray to spine cloth. Solid binding. With 128 photogravures on 109 leaves; 2 color plates & 51 text illusts; folding plan of Peking.  "Superb historical description of the substantial stone monuments in the Peking area, probably the most important work and the only photographic monograph on the subject from this period by one of the greatest authorities on Chinese art history and architecture" Western Travellers in China, 116.