FIVE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS OF MISSION PELLIOT, EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY

FIVE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS OF MISSION PELLIOT
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
二十世紀初 伯希和東方考察相集五冊

each album comprising black and white photographs documenting the Kumtura Caves and Thousand Buddha Caves visited by Paul Pelliot during his expedition to Northwest China between 1906-1908, each image numbered and accompanied with a caption, bound together between board covers, the front covers labeled 'Mission Pelliot 18-24 1-300', 'Mission Pelliot 18-24 301-400', 'Mission Pelliot 18-24 701-800', 'Mission Pelliot 18-24 800-801', 'Mission Pelliot 18-24 901-987' respectively (5)

包括其1906至1908年於庫木吐喇石窟及千佛洞考察照片

Height 12⅜ in., 31.5 cm ; Width 19⅝ in., 49.8 cm

Condition Report:
Discolorations, stains and foxing throughout. Some loose pages separated from the hinges. Tears and wear to the edges. Album labeled ''Mission Pelliot 18-24 701-800' missing some plates. Another album cover torn at the hinge on the front. Approximately 600 images with an average size of 9 x 6 3/4 in., 23 x 17 cm.

整體有變色、髒污及霉斑。數頁稍從書背鬆落，邊緣有撕痕及使用痕跡。相集標「Mission Pelliot 18-24 701-800」現大部分已失。另相本封面正面於書背撕裂。

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Provenance:
Collection of Paul Pelliot (1878-1945).

Collection of Adrien Maissonneuve (1897-1968), and thence by descent.

來源

伯希和（1878-1945）收藏

阿德里安•麥松納沃（1897-1968）收藏，此後家族傳承