Depaifve, A., Sprudyt, and E. Slosse

79 photographs (from 83 x 110mm. to 260 x 382mm., or the reverse), corner mounted on loose sheets of thick paper, most neatly captioned in pencil in French on the mount, together with: cuttings from the French magazine L'Illustration (26 November 1910) illustrating some of the photographs, 3 blue print maps of China, and a manuscript archaeological plan of a Song tomb by A. Depaifve (signed and dated 22 August 1913, after a sketch made on 22 July 1913), loose board covers

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A fascinating group of photographs showing ancient cultural and archaeological sites in northern China. There is a good amount of illustration of the Song dynasty imperial tombs at Gongyi in Henan province. The photographs were taken around 1908-12 by various named photographers, including A. Depaifve, Sprudyt, and E. Slosse.