1898 Wood Engraving China Guan Quan Mandarin Government Bureaucrat Qing XGXA6 YDL7 This is an original 1933

This is an original 1933 color print ad for Socony-Vacuum Corporation (a merger of Standard Oil Company of New York and Vacuum Oil Company) and Gargoyle Lubricating Oils

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France on the Gironde River

the south front and the north front view of this house

1898 Wood Engraving China Guan Quan Mandarin Government Bureaucrat Qing XGXA6 YDL7 This is an original 1933This is an original 1898 black and white in text wood engraving of a Chinese Guan, more commonly known as a Mandarin, and his wife. These bureaucrats in the government of the Qing Dynasty and even before that, however, the term is used today in a more satirical sense. CONDITION This 113+ year old Item is rated Near Mint Very Fine. No creases. No natural defects. No surface rub. No tears. No water damage. Please note: There is printing on the verso.