P & B Rowan

SHANGHAI PEOPLES' PARK & PEOPLES' SQUARE STILL SHAPED BY THE RACE TRACK - SILK-PRINTED RACE CARD OF GREAT RARITY
racecard printed on silk 67.5 x 22.5 cms. woodcut vignette of horse jumping fences at head (below first 2 lines of title) followed by the details of seven races taking place that day, text enclosed in a decorative printed border, includes details of imprint at foot, the silk racecard is tacked around its edges to plain undyed linen which is in turn stretched over a card former (78.5 x 34 cms.), some light dust darkening and a few light stains, else generally very good. Rare.
Not located by OCLC (WorldCat) or KVK. OCLC locates only 12 examples of de Carvalho's printing between 1858 and 1870.Understandably only a very few such ephemeral items as these Shanghai race cards have survived. Details are given of seven races, each open to different kinds of horses or ponies: The Maloo Plate, for China ponies only (41 runners); Arab Challenge Cup for all Arabs (7 runners); Chaa-See Cup for all China and Japa…Read more