Bidspirit auction | Frank Dorn, Map and History

Frank Dorn, Map and History of Peiping (Peking) - A Map and History of Peiping; formerly known as Peking, by Frank Dorn, large chromolithographed map of Peking, unframed, in original sleeve with Explantatory Booklet., Tientsin-Peiping, Peiyang Press Ltd., 1936 (as it has never been framed or displayed, colors are vibrant!) HIGHLY DECORATIVE MAP depicting the principal sites and occupations of the inhabitants of the city, within a pictographic border showing Chinese history, the whole enlivened with amusing vignettes of the everyday life and sights of the city.