Souvenir of Shanghai. No. 1.

First edition. 44 numbered photographic illustrations on 36 plates. Oblong 4to. Original decorated printed wrappers, minor damage to back board, overall still in very good condition. Title, table of contents, [36]ff. Unpaginated. Shanghai, dated: Meiji 38, [i.e.

Little is know about the photographer who anglicised his name to D. Satow. He was in fact a Japanese photographer called Sato Denkichi who ran a photographic studio on 347 Nanking Road. Apart from the scenes in the English and French concessions (views on the Bund, monuments, gardens, Customs House, clubs and banks), it includes a number of interesting photos of customs in Shanghai taken with a panoramic camera (incl. Dragon Boat Race, funeral ceremonies, as well as street scenes on Foochow Road, Nanking Road and Kiangse Road). Rare. Only one copy in OCLC.

Stock Code: 251263