A Book of Famous and Beautiful Cbinese Ladies from all Antiquity

by Chinese Silk Painting

$1,250 · Offered by Thorn Books

China: n.p., n.d., ca. 1900. Hardcover. Near fine. Item #22170 8vo. 22 unnumbered pages using verso only. Accordion book bound in Asian style. Wooden boards, the upper board carved with the character for Good Luck. Top and bottom edges gilt.This is followed by 11 sets of two pages, the right hand page with the story of a particular lady in Chinese and English, and the left hand with a painting on silk

• Binding: Hardcover

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