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‎The Family of Toucans (The complete plates) - Die Familie der Tukane - La Famille des Toucans (toutes les planches) -‎

‎ Editeur : Taschen; Édition : Trilingue (27 octobre 2011) format in plano ( 51 x 35 x 3.5 cm ) en coffret rouge en parfait état 51 reproductions pleine page et 31 pages de texte .. comme neuf ‎

‎John Gould (1804-1881) fut sans conteste l'artiste ornithologique le plus prolifique du XIXème siècle, et le seul rival de John James Audubon en termes d'ambition et de qualité. Gould partageait l'enthousiasme romantique de son temps pour les spécimens d'oiseaux, ainsi que l'envie de les recenser. Il combina sa passion de l'histoire naturelle avec ses remarquables talents de scientifique, d'artiste et d'entrepreneur. S'appuyant sur ces aptitudes, il se lança dans une série de projets qui allaient faire de lui le plus grand éditeur d'illustrations ornithologiques de l'Angleterre victorienne. Sa carrière sans équivalent s'étendit sur cinq décennies, au cours desquelles il réalisa une série d'ouvrages dépeignant des oiseaux en provenance de toute la planète. ‎

‎Poème autographe‎

‎Jean-Antoine dit John Petit-Senn (1792-1870), poète, écrivain suisse. Poème autographe, sd, 1p 1/2 in-8. Copie de son poème « La Canne et le Chapeau » (écrit en 1848). [148] ‎

‎Dessin au crayon‎

‎[d'après] John Flaxman (1755-1826), dessinateur, sculpteur. Dessin original anonyme, XIXe, environ 155*235mm. Dessin d'après un dessin de Flaxman. [451] ‎

‎Dessin au crayon‎

‎[d'après] John Flaxman (1755-1826), dessinateur, sculpteur. Dessin original anonyme, XIXe, environ 155*235mm. Dessin d'après un dessin de Flaxman. [451] ‎

‎Lettre autographe signée‎

‎John-Francis Churchill (1819-1905), médecin anglais ayant vécu en France. L.A.S. à la troisième personne, sd, 1p in-12. A l'écrivain Maurice Froyez (1860-1942). « Le Docteur et Madame Churchill prient M. Maurice Froyez de leur faire l'honneur de venir prendre le thé chez eux le lundi 23 janvier à 9 heures. 22 rue de Lille ». Peu commun. [95-2] ‎

‎Lettre autographe signée‎

‎John Grand-Carteret (1850-1927), journaliste, historien de la mode. L.A.S., Paris, 28 février 1918, 4p in-8. Belle lettre remerciant son correspondant de lui avoir renvoyé ses lettres à Robert Caze et donnant quelques informations biographies. [399] ‎

‎ Ex-libris.‎

‎John Adair Hawkins, Ex-libris. Ex-libris, armorié, 120*71mm. [336-4] ‎

‎ Ex-libris.‎

‎John de Stuers (Belgique ou Pays-Bas), Ex-libris. Ex-libris, armorié, 143*114mm. [337-4] ‎

‎ Ex-libris.‎

‎John .. (nom gratté), Angleterre (propriétaire), Ex-libris. Ex-libris ( 110*68mm), armorié, décollé. [329-2] ‎

‎ Ex-libris.‎

‎John Cologan Esq, Angleterre (propriétaire), Ex-libris. Ex-libris ( 86*59mm), armorié, décollé, devise « Virtus probata florescit » [329-4] ‎

‎ Ex-libris.‎

‎John Hume Spry M.A., Angleterre (propriétaire), Ex-libris. Ex-libris ( 72*62mm), armorié, devise « vigila et vivas ». [329-4] ‎

‎Lettre autographe signée‎

‎John Rennie (1761-1821), ingénieur britannique (écossais) qui dessina de nombreux ponts. L.A.S., Londres, 16 février 1811, 1p in-4. Intéressante lettre, en anglais, concernant la préparation de travaux pour une route. [162b] ‎

‎The home field, Dedham.‎

‎John Constable, The home field, Dedham. Feuille 240*310mm. Tirage sur papier japon fin XIXe. [143b] ‎

‎Lettre autographe signée‎

‎John Grand-Carteret (1850-1927), journaliste, historien de la mode. L.A.S., Paris, 14 janvier 1907, 2p in-8. A un libraire. Il annule la réservation d'un livre et demande si plusieurs autres de son catalogue sont toujours disponibles. [243] ‎

‎Lettre autographe signée‎

‎John Grand-Carteret (1850-1927), journaliste, historien de la mode. L.A.S., 5 mars 1909, 1p in-8. Il souhaite mettre le nom de son correspondant dans le Comité d'honneur de l'exposition de l'aérostation. [416] ‎

‎ Ex-libris.‎

‎ Ex-libris collé(s) sur une feuille cartonnée 21*27cm. Ex-libris (138*88mm) probablement de John Loudon (1866-1955) homme politique néerlandais. Belle estampe gravée sur cuivre. ‎

‎Le Livre De La Divination Chamanique Sioux Avec Les 50 Cartes Divinatoires‎

‎ 1998 Guy Trédaniel Editions, 1998. parfait état sous coffret ; avec ses 50 cartes en parfait état.‎

‎Gigondas : Ses vins, sa terre, ses hommes‎

‎ 2012 Bottin Gourmand, 2012 , broché avec jaquette 493 pages format 4 , riche iconographie état comme neuf‎

‎Le déchiffrement du linéaire B Traduit de l'anglais par Pierre RUFFEL. Introduction de Pierre VIDAL-NAQUET. ‎

‎ 1972 Gallimard "Bibliothèque des histoires" 1972, in-8° broché glacé, couverture à rabats, XIII + 238 pages et table. Bon état.‎

‎Lettre signée‎

‎L.S., 23 juin 1928, 1p In-4 (30 lignes environ). Lettre en anglais à une Miss Engel concernant un projet de traduction par André Maurois de plusieurs livres dont sa biographie de Meredith (1926) qui fait toujours autorité et son livre The english comic characters (1925), pour lequel la difficulté sera de trouver un titre et il parle ensuite du changement de titre pour les USA. Il donne ensuite quelques nouvelles. Belle et intéressante lettre à laquelle on joint une traduction.‎

‎Pre-Christian Religions of the North. History and Structures 4 vols.‎

‎, Brepols, 2020 Hardback, 4 vols, lxviii + 2122 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:297 b/w, 3 tables b/w., Language: English. *NEW ISBN 9782503574899.‎

‎Summary The product of an international interdisciplinary team, the History and Structures strand of the Pre-Christian Religion of the North series aims to approach the subject by giving equal weight to archaeological and textual sources, taking into consideration recent theories on religion within all the disciplines that are needed in order to gain a comprehensive view of the religious history and world view of pre-Christian Scandinavia from the perspective of the beginning of the twenty-first century. Volume I presents the basic premises of the study and a consideration of the sources: memory and oral tradition, written sources, religious vocabulary, place names and personal names, archaeology, and images. Volume II treats the social, geographical, and historical contexts in which the religion was practiced and through which it can be understood. This volume also includes communication between worlds, primarily through various ritual structures. Volume III explores conceptual frameworks: the cosmos and collective supernatural beings (notions regarding the cosmos and regarding such collective supernatural beings as the norns, valkyries, giants, and dwarfs) and also gods and goddesses (including rr, inn, Freyr, Freyja, and many others). Volume IV describes the process of Christianization in the Nordic region and also includes a bibliography and indices for the entire four-volume work. TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 1. Introductory and Sources Jens Peter Schj dt, John Lindow, Anders Andr n, Preface & Introduction Jens Peter Schj dt, Theoretical Considerations Pernille Hermann, Memory, Oral Tradition, and Sources John Lindow, Written Sources John Lindow, Language: Religious Vocabulary Per Vikstrand, Language: Placenames and Personal Names Anders Andr n, Archaeology Anders Andr n, Images Terry Gunnell, Folklore Anders Andr n, The Spatial and Temporal Frame John Lindow, The Linguistic Frame Jens Peter Schj dt, Continuity and Break: Indo-European Jens Peter Schj dt, Continuity and Break: Germanic Rudolf Simek, Encounters: Roman Matthias Egeler, Encounters: Celtic Leszek P. S?upecki, Encounters: Slavic Thomas Dubois, Encounters: Baltic Thomas Dubois, Encounters: S mi Thomas Dubois, Encounters: Balto-Finnic Volume 2. Contexts and Communication between Worlds Anders Andr n, Historical and Social Contexts Stefan Brink, Laws and Assemblies John Lindow, Ethics Judy Quinn, Gender Jens Peter Schj dt, Kings and Rulers Jens Peter Schj dt, Warrior Bands Jens Peter Schj dt, Various Ways of Communicating Stephen A. Mitchell, Magic and Religion Torun Zachrisson & Anders Andr n, Ritual Space Andreas Nordberg, Ritual Time and Time Reckoning Olof Sundqvist, Cultic Leaders and Religious Specialists Jens Peter Schj dt, Crisis Rituals Jens Peter Schj dt, Cyclical Rituals Jens Peter Schj dt, Passage Rituals Neil Price, Death Ritual and Mortuary Behaviour John Lindow & Anders Andr n, Worlds of the Dead John Lindow, Fate John Lindow & Jens Peter Schj dt, The Divine, the Human and In Between Volume 3. Conceptual Frameworks: Cosmos and Collective Supernatural Beings, Gods and Goddesses Mathias Nordvig, Cosmogony Mathias Nordvig, Cosmology Anders Hultg rd, Cosmic Eschatology: Ragnar k John Lindow, Vanir and sir John Lindow, rr Jens Peter Schj dt, inn Olof Sundqvist, Freyr Jens Peter Schj dt, Loki Ingunn sd sard ttir, Freyja John Lindow, Baldr John Lindow, Nj?r r John Lindow, T r Anders Andr n, Ullr Sebastian C llen, Heimdallr Ingunn sd sard ttir, Frigg Jens Peter Schj dt, Hoenir John Lindow, Ska i John Lindow & Jens Peter Schj dt, Minor Gods and Goddesses Anders Andr n, Divine Twins Anders Andr n, Sun and Moon Rudolf Simek, Matronae John Lindow, D sir Karen Bek-Pedersen, Norns Judy Quinn, Valkyries Margaret Clunies Ross, Giants Terry Gunnell, Dvergar (Dwarfs) Terry Gunnell, lfar (Elves) Volume 4. The Christianization Process, Bibliography, General Indices Michael H. Gelting, The Christianization of Denmark S bj rg Walaker Nordeide, The Christianization of Norway J n Vi ar Sigur sson, The Christianization of the North Atlantic Bertil Nilsson, The Christianization of Sweden Tuomas Heikkil , Christianization of Finland H kan Rydving, The Christianization of the S mi Primary & Secondary Sources - General Indices‎

‎"Mesures - 15 juillet 1939 - N° 3"‎

‎"1939. Paris Mesures 15 juillet 1939 - Numéro spécial consacré aux Lettres américaines - Broché 19 cm x 24 cm 382 pages - Comité de rédaction : Henry Church Bernard Groethuysen Henri Michaux Jean Paulhan Giuseppe Ungaretti ; Textes et poèmes de R. P. du Poisin Cotton Mather Benjamin Franklin John Paul Jones Saint John de Crèvecoeur Washington Irvin Edgar Poe Walt Whitmann William H. Herndon Emily Dinkinson Vachel Lindsay James Weldon Johnson Hart Crane John Peale Bishop Langston Hughes Robinson Jeffers Archibald Macleish Henry Miller Marianne Moore John Dos Passos John Crowe Ransom Wallace Stevens Allen Tate William Carlos Williams ; trad. de Raymond Queneau Pierre Leyris Fernand Auberjonois ...- Taches sur les premières pages sinon bon état" ‎

‎DISCONNECTED‎

‎ 1974 disque Etats-Unis, 1974, Giorno Poetry System GPS003, 2 disques 33trs, 30cm, sous pochette ouvrante, conception et photographies de Les Levine.Cet album est un "do-it-yourself dial-a-poem kit".Avec Charles Amirkhanian, John Ashberry, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Bill Berkson, Joe Brainard, Michael Brownstein, William S. Burroughs, John Cage, Jim Carroll, Tom Clark, Clark Coolidge, Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Diane Di Prima, Ed Dorn, Larry Fagin, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Frank Lima, Michael McClure, Gerard Malanga, Bernadette Mayer, Frank O'Hara, Charles Olson, Peter Orlovsky, Maureen Owen, Ron Padgett, John Perreault, Charles Plymell, Ed Sanders, Jack Spicer, Lorenzo Thomas, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Diane Wakoski, Anne Waldmann, Philip Whalen, John Wieners. (103163) ‎

‎Bell's Edition. The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill‎

‎At the Apollo Press, by the Martins | Edinburgh 1779 - 1804 | 8.50 x 13.50 cm | 99 tomes en 34 volumes reliés‎

‎Très rare réunion des volumes de la célèbre édition Bell des poètes britanniques en reliure uniforme, qui compte ici 101 volumes et dont l'impression fut largement étalée dans le temps, les volumes se vendant par auteur. Le volume 8 qui réunissait les tomes 5 et 6 des oeuvres poétiques de Edmund Spencer est malheureusement manquant. Certains volumes paraissent pour la première fois, d'autres sont en seconde édition. Cette très importante édition pour la poésie britannique regroupe 39 poètes depuis Chaucer jusque Charles Churchill et 99 figures (portraits et frontispices). Elle est précieuse car de nombreux poètes virent leur première édition complète par ce biais, notamment John Donne. Reliure anglaise en pleine basane blonde d'époque. Dos lisse orné de divers fers, dont un roi agenouillé, de multiples roulettes. Pièce de titre en maroquin vert. Papier dans l'ensemble propre, mais quelques feuillets brunis et avec rousseurs, notamment quelques gravures. Détail de cet important ensemble : - The poetical works of Geof. Chaucer. 1782. 14 tomes en 5 volumes, tome 1 à 5. Manques en têtes des tome 1 et 4. Mors supérieur du tome 1 en partie fendu, mors supérieur du tome 2 fendu. - The poetical works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham. 1801. Un portrait en médaillon, un titre-frontispice. Volume 5. - The poetical works of Edmund Spencer. 1787-1788. 8 tomes en 4 volumes. Les tomes 5 et 6 contenus dans le volume 8 manquant. Tête du tome 7 légèrement élimée. Mors supérieur du tome 7 en partie fendu. - The poetical works of Samuel Butler. 1797. 3 tomes contenus dans le volume 10. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 3 titres-frontispices. - Ovide translated by eminent persons (Fryden, Congreve, Garth...). 1801. 4 tomes, volume 11. 2 titres-frontispices. Un manque en tête. Mors étroitement fendus en tête. - The poetical works of John Donne. 1799-1800. 3 tomes, volume 12. Un portrait en médaillon et 3 titres-frontispices. Mors supérieur étroitement fendu en tête. -The poetical works of William Congreve. 1784. 1 tome, volume 13. Un portrait dans un médaillon, un titre-frontispice. Mors supérieur étroitement fendu en tête. -The poetical works of Abraham Cowley. 1784. 4 tomes, volume 13 et 14. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 2 titres-frontispices. - The poetical works of John Cunningham. 1797. 1 tome. Volume 14. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 1 titre-frontispice. Manques en tête. Mors fendu en tête. -The poetical works of James Hammond. 1803. 1 tome. Volume 15. -The poetical works of Lord Lyttelton. 1788. 1 tome, volume 15. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 1 titre frontispice. -The poetical works of Edmund Waller. 1784. 2 tomes, volume 16. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 2 titres-frontispices. Un accroc avec manque dans le caisson de queue. -The poetical works of Thomas Parnell. 1786. 2 tomes, volume 17. Un portrait dans un médaillon, un titre-frontispice. Coiffe de tête légèrement et en partie élimée, mors supérieur étroitement fendu en queue. -The poetical works of John Pomfret. 1787. 1 tome, volume 17. Un titre-frontispice. -The poetical works of John Gray. 1800. 1 tome, volume 18. Léger manque en tête. Mors supérieur étroitement fendu en tête. -The poetical works of John Hugues. 1796. 2 tomes, volume 18. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 2 titres-frontispices. -The poetical works of Joseph Addison. 1803. 1 tome, volume 19. 1 titre-frontispice. -The poetical works of John Armstrong. 1793. 1 tome, volume 19. Un portrait dans un médaillon, un titre-frontispice. -The poetical works of William Broome. 1802. 1 tome, volume 19. -The poetical works of Nicholas Rowe. 1801. 1 tome, volume 20. Un portrait dans un médaillon, un titre-frontispice. Coiffe de tête légèrement élimée. -The poetical works of James Thomson. 1800. 2 tomes, volume 20. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 2 titres-frontispices. -The poetical works of John Milton. 1804. 4 tomes, volumes 21 et 22. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 4 titres-frontispices. Petit manque en tête.‎

‎The Tordenskjold-expedition. 71 albumen prints from the 1860'ies to 1873. - [FINE COLLECTION OF EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM EAST-ASIA DOCUMENTING THE LAYDOWN OF THE FIRST TELEGRAPH CABLES IN EAST-ASIA]‎

‎1870-1872. Folio-oblong (395 x 320 mm). Original brown half calf, recased - the original cloth (with gilt lettering to the front) has been expertly mounted on to the new boards, and most of the original gilt leather spine has been preserved over a perfectly matching new lovely brown half calf. ""Tordenskjold / 1870 - 1873"" in gilt lettering, partly worn of, to front board. End-papers renewed. 71 albumen print in various sizes and by various photographers (see below) mounted on 59 contemporary white cardboard leaves (measuring 370 x 310 mm), all re-hinged. The album was water-damaged at some point, but has been expertly and neatly restored and appears in overall very good condition with good tones. 1, Oval photo of Tordenskjold (205 x 60mm) 2, Photo of Tordenskjold (190 x 143 mm) 3, Crew aboard Tordenskjold (200 x 14 mm) 4, Crew aboard Tordenskjold (157 x 128 mm) 5, Crew and equipment aboard Tordenskjold (228 x 176 mm) 6, Naval officers about Tordenskjold (167 x 130 mm). 7, 8 small photos of various places on one plate (274 x 190 mm) 8, The harbor of Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux (247 x 190mm) 9, Muddigging machines in the channel of Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux. (245 x 190mm) 10, Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux. 11, Malta (262 x 207 mm) 12, Two photos of Malta (each measuring 134 x 120 mm) 13, Two photos of Gibraltar (Each measuring 148 x 114) 14, Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong (194 x 130 mm). 15, Two photos depicting telegraph-house and ships in Deep Water Bay (each measuring 150 x 112) 16, Boat with people. By Felice Beato, coloured (294 x 235 mm) 17, House next to river. By John Thomson, December 1870 (278 x 225 mm) 17, Seamen’s hospital in Hong Kong. (261 x 190 mm) 18, Hong Kong. (270 x 195 mm) 19, Hong Kong, by Floyd (270 x 192 mm) 20, Hong Kong, by Floyd (240 x 190 mm) 21, Two photos of sites in Hong Kong (each measuring 165 x 127 mm) 22, Five Sikhs in Hong Kong (215 x 244 mm) 23, Group of women in Hong Kong, (326 x 215 mm) 24, Two photos of Hong Kong harbour, one photo depicting “Cella” (182 x 105" 130 x 98 mm) 25, Villa at Canton. (264 x 190 mm) 26, Pagode in Xuexiu Park, Guangdong. By William Pryor Floyd. (195 x 246 mm) 27, Boats in Canton. William Pryor Floyd,(270 x 223 mm) 28, Pou-Ting-Qua’s Garden, Canton. By John Thomson. (289 x 230 mm) 29, Fields in Canton. (205 x 155 mm) 30, Houses in Canton. (267 x 210 mm) 31, Canton harbor. By John Thomson. (245 x 202 mm) 32, Boat on the Canton river. (274 x 204 mm) 33, Wall around Canton. (260 x 200 mm). 34, Boats in Canton (293 x 225) 35, Telegraphstation in Woosung. (150 x 110 mm) 36, Boats in Foochow. (287 x 232 mm) 37, Temple in Foochow. By John Thomson (190 x 237 mm) 38, Pagode in Foochow. Presumably by John Thomson. (287 x 220 mm). 39, Tomb of Fou Tcheou. By John Thomson. (290 x 225 mm). 40, Temple in Shanghai. (237 x 188 mm). 41, Shanghai. (232 x 176 mm) 42, Chaochow bridge, Kwangtung. By John Thomson. (266 x 204 mm). 43. Panorama of Nagasaki consisting of two photos. (371 x142 mm) 44, Two photos of Nagasaki. Felice Beato. (Each measuring 169 x 119 mm). 45, Two photos from Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (Each measuring 165 x 118 mm) 46, Two photos from Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (Each measuring 165 x 118 mm) 47, Temple in Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (169 x 118 mm). 48, Photo of Japanese woman in kimono. By Felice Beato. (205 x 255 mm). 49, Two photos of officers in house in Yokohama. (162 x 125 mm). 50, The Abbot and Monks of Kushan Monastery. By John Thomson. (287 x 204 mm). 51, Wooden structure, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (270 x 208 mm) 52, Pagode, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (234 x 185 mm) 53, Cityscape with lake, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato.. (280 x 228 mm). 54, Two photos, cemetery and stairs to temple. By Felice Beato. (Each measuring 168 x 118 mm). 55, People standing outside house, presumably Hong Kong. By John Thomson. (185 x 155 mm) 56, Guangzhou Great Norh Gate, Canton. By John Thomson (245 x 156 mm). 57, Two photos, one of the building of a telegraph station (presumably in Wladivostok) and a view of Wladivostok from the sea (154 x 123 130 x 99 mm). 58, Seascape of two ships. (130 x 140 mm). 59, Ship laying for anchor. (170 x 123 mm)‎

‎Exceedingly rare photo-album documenting the Danish vessel Tordenskjold’s mission in laying the very first telegraph cables in East Asia thereby connecting China and Japan to the global telegraph system. The album consists of photos taken aboard the vessel Tordenskjold, of Tordenskjold itself along with its crew, by an unknown photographer, and of photographs of the visited cities and surrounding areas by some of the finest photographers operating in East Asia at the time, such as John Thomson, William Floyd, Felice Beato and, in Egypt, Hippolyte Arnoux - all photographs presumably brought home by William Lund, Captain on board Tordenskjold. Through some of the earliest photos taken in China, Japan, and of the excavation of the Suez Canal, the present album depicts a pivotal moment in international relations and communications. Submarine telegraph cables were first brought to China by Danish magnate Carl Fredrick Tietgen (1829-1901), who in 1870 set up the Great Northern China and Japan Extension Company. The company was created to build and operate a telegraph cable connecting Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Japan, continuing on to Vladivostok on Russia's East coast. From Vladivostok, a cable ran along the Trans-Siberian Railway, linking Hong Kong to telegraph networks in Britain, Europe, and America. Tietgen fought off strong competition - primarily English-, and eventually won the concession to lay and operate new telegraph cables connecting Russia, China and Japan. Tietgen and his partners had embarked upon a grand and risky project. Undersea cables would need to be laid in waters that had not been sounded, cables were to be brought ashore on coasts where the prevailing conditions were not known, and it was uncertain whether the respective governments would grant permission. Everything – cables, stations, wire, and apparatus – was to be brought from Europe and had to function as a coherent system. Two chartered English steamships ‘Cella’ and ‘Great Northern’ were to transport and lay the cables, and the propeller-driven Danish frigate ‘Tordenskjold’ was to sound the waters near Nagasaki and Vladivostok, it had to also carry a relatively small amount of cables, and it was to keep away uninvited guests (of which there were plenty in the South China Sea). “As a small nation with negligible military resources, Denmark could provide a useful – politically neutral – centre for telegraph links to major European powers such as Britain, Russia and the emerging new power of Prussia. The Danes were able to utilize the technical know-how which had been accumulated with great difficulty, and occasionally heavy economic losses, in the preceding decades by British and American entrepreneurs. The competition between the Danish and British groups of telegraph entrepreneurs for first access to the Chinese market was preliminarily resolved when the directors of the two companies negotiated a secret agreement in May 1870. The Danish group had acquired an advantage in terms of timing by winning the Russian concession in 1869, and had to cover shorter distances by sea cables from Vladivostok to Nagasaki and Shanghai. But the British group had the advantage of better access to capital and a more extensive technical experience with submarine cable manufacture and operation. The essence of the agreement was that the line between Hong Kong and Shanghai should be established and operated by the Great Northern the companies would share the income for telegrams which passed this section of the line and they would run offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai jointly. The agreement provided the Danes with assured landing rights in Hong Kong and with British diplomatic support for attempts to secure landing rights in China. Permission to bring submarine telegraph cables into Chinese treaty ports was obtained in 1870 from the Chinese Government (i.e., the office of foreign affairs, known as the Zongli Yamen) by the British Minister in Peking, Thomas Wade. At the same time, the Danish government had dispatched a diplomatic envoy, Chamberlain Julius Sick, at the Great Northern’s expense to China and Japan to obtain the necessary concessions. The cable between Hong Kong and Shanghai was laid in 1870–1871 with the assistance of the frigate Tordenskjold, which the Danish government had generously allocated to the task. The Great Northern had a great deal of technical problems with the cables they had bought from the British manufacturer since the quality of the insulation was not as good as expected. Therefore, the official opening of the line between Shanghai and Hong Kong was delayed until April 1871. During the remainder of that year the company struggled to finish cable sections from Shanghai to Nagasaki, and from Nagasaki to Vladivostok. Communication between Shanghai and Europe via these cables and the Russian Siberian lines was officially inaugurated on 1 January 1872.” (Erik Baark: Wires, Codes and People The Great Northern Telegraph Company in China 1870–90) The album covers and illustrates one on the most fascinating periods in the process of internationalization in the late modern period: The Suez Canal had just opened and ‘Tordenskjold’ was the first Danish ship to sail through it. The submarine cables linked the major hubs in East Asia to the Western world and helped facilitate an unprecedented growth in the region. Overall, the laying of the submarine cable in 1870-71 was a transformative event for East Asia in general. It played a critical role in the area's economic and social development, helping to make it the global commercial center it is today. ‎