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205 - China - HELMAN (Isidore-Stanislas-Henri). Memorable Events in the Lives of the Emperors of China, Drawn from the Chinese Annals. Paris: the author, n.d. [1788].
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China - HELMAN (Isidore-Stanislas-Henri). Memorable Events in the Lives of the Emperors of China, Drawn from the Chinese Annals. Paris: the author, n.d. [1788]. Quarto, marbled calfskin, smooth spine with decoration, gilt roulette on the edges (contemporary binding). The work is entirely engraved: it consists of a title page framed by a quadruple border, a dedication page adorned with a beautiful vignette by Monet, engraved by Helman, and 24 separate intaglio engravings depicting various episodes from Chinese history, each accompanied by an explanatory page opposite it. These plates were reproduced by Helman from a rare folio series of prints commissioned exclusively for China by order of its Emperor; the series had been engraved under the direction of Cochin based on drawings by the Jesuit priest Attiret. (Cohen 479.) A fine copy.
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