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Saveli Maximovich Perlmann spent time in China as a fur trader before relocating to London in the early 20th century. There, he wrote a number of books on China all published by Jewish publishers in the East End. The present work includes chapters on such topics as the philosophical tenets of Chinese culture, the official examination system, and religion. Two years after publishing Hassinim , Perlmann completed his History of the Jews in China exploring the thousand-year history of Jewish communities in Kaifeng and other cities. Small octavo. Original cream cloth, title to spine in gilt. With 2 halftone plates. Parallel Hebrew and English title pages, text in Hebrew throughout. Some soiling to cloth, top edge dusty, internally bright. A very good copy. £500 [152139] 149 PICASSO, Pablo. Exposition Vallauris 1955. Vallauris: Association des Potiers de Vallauris, 1955 Edition of 600, signed in red pencil lower right by Picasso, unnumbered as issued. Picasso lived in Vallauris from 1948 to 1955, and designed the event posters from 1948–64. He exhibited his pottery with the local artists and craftsmen and gave the original artworks to the potters’ association. Linocut on Registres-Torpes wove paper. Image size: 67 × 53 cm. Sheet size: 89.5 × 59.5 cm. Framed size: 103.7 × 81.7 cm. Light creasing to paper otherwise in excellent condition. Presented in a black stained oak frame with conservation acrylic glazing. ¶ Baer 1032; Bloch 1268; Czwiklitzer 17. £6,750 [152238]
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