ZZQBT1 Guojia Tushuguan comp: QINGDAI BAOKAN TUHUA JICHENG. (A Compendium of Illustrated Newspaper Supplements of the Qing Period). Guojia Tushuguan Guji Wenxian Congkan. Beijing, 2001. 1-621; 622-1123; 1-507; 508-1016; 313; 601; 1-464; 465-925; 506; 441; 1-657; 658-1287; 405 pp. Reproductions of b/w illustrations throughout. 13 vols. 27x20 cm. Cloth. GBP 1,290.00 A compendium of reproductions from illustrated supplements included with many of the Chinese newspapers which appeared towards the end of the Qing period, employing the then new lithographic printing techniques. These were the 'Picture Posts' and 'Life' magazines of their day in China. They display a fantastic array of images from the life and events of the time, along with many highly amusing and historically interesting graphic, cartoon-style images, often with satiric intent, and often aimed at the Western powers or imagining (literally) events overseas in the West. The newspapers covered are: Feiying Ge Huace (2 vols.), Xinwen Huabao (2 vols.), Shenbao Tuhua and Shenzhou Huabao (1 vol.), Minhu Ribao Tuhua (1 vol.), Tuhua Xinwen (2 vols.), Yulun Shishibao Tuhua (1 vol.), Shibao Fukan zhi Huabao (1 vol.), Minquan Huabao (2 vols.), and Tianmin Huabao (1 vol.) Subjects: Illustrated Books Newspapers Can be ordered in, as of: 03/07/2008 Was item 183 in printed List 140. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.