Pictures of China from the 1884 D. Appleton book The Earth and Its Inhabitants, by Élisée Reclus. Originally written in French, and considered the masterwork of a great geographer, this series ran to nineteen volumes and contained hundreds of engravings and maps. Copies of the books and individual plates are available on eBay, and many volumes are available for full viewing on Google Books. The images shown here came from eBay sales listings by ddrahn.
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China Armed Uyghur (Uighur) Warriors of Chinese Turkestan
1499 visits
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Image 313
1352 visits
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Image 314
841 visits
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Image 315
739 visits
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Image 316
740 visits
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China Fujian Province Street Scene in Kinkiang (Jinjiang-
758 visits
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China High Street in Peking (Beijing)
754 visits
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Image 319
823 visits
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Image 320
986 visits
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China Peking (Beijing) from the Summer Palace
717 visits
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Image 322
1337 visits
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China Shansi (Shanxi) Cliffs on Fen River North of Taiyuan
1206 visits
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China Treaty Port of Hankow (Hankou) on the Han River (Han-Kiang and Yang-Tze Confluence)
1718 visits
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Image 325
911 visits
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Image 326
1837 visits
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China View of Wuchang (Wuhan) Taken From the Tower of the Yellow Crane (Hoang-ho-lew)
910 visits
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Image 328
1023 visits
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China Women of the Fujien Province (Fukien, Fuchien)
1185 visits
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China Xinjiang Province Muslim Dungan (Hui) and Taranchi People of East Turkestan
1415 visits
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China Xinjiang Uyghur Region Street Scene in Yarkand (Shache)
1292 visits
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China Yuenfu Buddhist Monastery on Min River South of Fuchu-Fu (Foochow) (Fuzhou)
1229 visits
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China Yunnan Province Hogg's Gorge (Moon Gorge) on the Mekong River (Lantzan Kiang)
920 visits
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China Yunnan Province Lake Tali (Lake Erhai or Er) at Dali
1319 visits
