RARE Circa 1900 HOTCHKISS RIFLE Imperial Chinese Training MANUAL Boxer Rebellion (ORIGINAL WOOD-BLOCK ORDNANCE MANUAL / WINCHESTER RIFLES)

5 5/8 X 9 3/8 Inches.76 PP. EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL CHINESE ORDNANCE MANUAL (CIRCA 1900) - ORIGINAL RICE PAPER AND WOOD-BLOCK PRINTING/ILLUSTRATIONS. RICE PAPER WITH WOOD-BLOCK PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATIONS. ORIGINAL TIE-BINDING AND YELLOW WRAPS. Tie-Binding complete and clean. Light foxing and toning. A hint of wear to edges. A very handsome copy overall. FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF MORRIS COOPER FOOTE, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE U.S. ARMY SENT TO TIENTSIN, CHINA IN 1900 (Boxer Rebellion). FOOTE WAS SENT BY THE US ARMY TO CHINA IN JULY, 1900 TO ENSURE CONTINUED TRADE ACCESS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA. Foote, an experienced Officer and veteran of the Civil War, Indian Wars (Black Hills) and the Spanish-American War served his last overseas Command in Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion. By October 1900 Foote was given command of United States forces in Tientsin. He represented the United States in the Tientsin Provisional Government, known as the "Conseil du Governement Provisiors de Tientsin." [NOTE: THIS MANUAL PURCHASED FROM THE HAMILTON ESTATE IN WILLIAMSBURG, VA - JACK HAMILTON SECURED THIS PIECE AND MUCH MORE THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY OFFERED FROM MORRIS' GRANDSON'S ESTATE IN NEWPORT NEWS, VA.] THE SCARCITY OF THIS MANUAL AND IT'S IMPORTANCE AS A RELIC OF THE BOXER REBELLION ERA EFFORTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. NOTE: MORRIS COOPER FOOTE WAS THE GREAT, GREAT, GRANDSON OF LEWIS MORRIS, SIGNER OF THE US DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (MOTHER'S SIDE). NOTE: MORRIS COOPER FOOTE WAS THE GREAT, GRANDSON OF WILLIAM COOPER, THE FOUNDER OF COOPERSTOWN, NY (MOTHER'S SIDE). NOTE: MORRIS COOPER FOOTE WAS THE GREAT NEPHEW OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, AUTHER OF "THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS.".…