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.
- China Armed Uyghur (Uighur) Warriors of Chinese Turkestan 1516 visits
- China Black Jade River Camp in the Upper Karakash River Valley 1364 visits
- China Boat Camp on the Upper Yangtze River 851 visits
- China Fishermen on the Upper Yangtze River 749 visits
- China Fujian Province Shuikou on the Min River 753 visits
- China Fujian Province Street Scene in Kinkiang (Jinjiang- 767 visits
- China High Street in Peking (Beijing) 767 visits
- China Manchuria Manchu Ministers -- Chiefs of Banners 833 visits
- China Miners Upper Yangtze River Highlands 994 visits
- China Peking (Beijing) from the Summer Palace 727 visits
- China Shanghai Longhua Temple Pagoda on the Huangpu River 1352 visits
- China Shansi (Shanxi) Cliffs on Fen River North of Taiyuan 1216 visits
- China Treaty Port of Hankow (Hankou) on the Han River (Han-Kiang and Yang-Tze Confluence) 1733 visits
- China View of Hong Kong from Kowloon 923 visits
- China View of Nankow Pass from Pataling 1867 visits
- China View of Wuchang (Wuhan) Taken From the Tower of the Yellow Crane (Hoang-ho-lew) 924 visits
- China View of a Chinese Paper Mill 1039 visits
- China Women of the Fujien Province (Fukien, Fuchien) 1204 visits
- China Xinjiang Province Muslim Dungan (Hui) and Taranchi People of East Turkestan 1422 visits
- China Xinjiang Uyghur Region Street Scene in Yarkand (Shache) 1300 visits
- China Yuenfu Buddhist Monastery on Min River South of Fuchu-Fu (Foochow) (Fuzhou) 1240 visits
- China Yunnan Province Hogg's Gorge (Moon Gorge) on the Mekong River (Lantzan Kiang) 936 visits
- China Yunnan Province Lake Tali (Lake Erhai or Er) at Dali 1329 visits