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Text engl. - Text u.a.: “Historical background”; “The history of photography in Japan”. - Photographien aus der Sammlung des russischen Botanikers Alexander Vasilyevich Grigoryew (1848-1908), der 1879 Japan besuchte und die sich jetzt in der Sammlung der Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg befinden.

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Text engl. - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 01.2009.

Text engl. - Other ed.: 1996? - Incl. biographical facts on a very large number of photographers active in 19th century Japan.

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Text engl. Incl. a rare portrait of Felice Beato, taken in Hongkong 1860 (p. 22).

Text engl. - On Hong Kong studios, Photography in Beijing, and photography in the Treaty ports (Shanghai, Canton, Tientsin). Incl. index.

Text engl. - This book is the first extensive survey of early Chinese photographers, in any language, and contains more than 350 reproductions of original photographs – many of which are published here for the first time. Combining existing knowledge of the subject with a mass of new research material, this major work introduces and identifies the work of a number of forgotten Chinese masters. - An acclaimed international authority on the subject, Terry Bennett has been collecting for many years. This book, which completes his three-volume series on the photographic history of China , will prompt a re-evaluation and heightened appreciation of the work of a number of the early Chinese photographers.