Author: American Art Association

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-27

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9781527812529

Excerpt from Catalogue of a Very Interesting and Valuable Collection of Chinese Art Objects, Imperial Treasures and Curios of Ancient and Modern Origin: Belonging to the Connoisseur Auguste F. Chamot, for Many Years a Prominent Resident of Pekin Mr. Auguste F. Chamot was born in Switzerland, The Cradle of Liberty, and from his earliest recollection was possessed of a spirit of restlessness, a burning desire to see the world. Strangely enough, just as the needle is drawn toward the Pole, his interest became attracted to and centred in China, and in 1883, several months be fore he was sixteen years old, he entered the Ancient City of Pekin with forty cents in his pocket. The Catholic Missionaries, to whom he appealed for advice and assistance, advanced him a little money, and built for him a hotel of three rooms - one for himself and two for his' guests. Here Mr. Chamot began hiscareer in China. From the first, the Hotel de Pékin, as it was grandiloquently styled, was a success, and after being several times enlarged, the wooden building finally gave place to an imposing structure of brick and granite; containing 400 rooms, favorably known to travellers from all parts of the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.