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A fine Chinese watercolour of shells on rice paper
A fine Chinese watercolour of shells on rice paper
A fine Chinese watercolour of shells on rice paper
A fine Chinese watercolour of shells on rice paper
A fine Chinese watercolour of shells on rice paper
A fine Chinese watercolour of shells on rice paper
Exquisite detail by an absolute master of bird-painting of the 20th century
Fine illustrations of new Chinese fish
Basilewsky, S.
Ichthyographia Chinae borealis scripta a Doctore Medicinae Stephano Basilewsky.
Moscou, Université Imperiale, [1852]-1855. 4to (28.2 x 22.5 cm). Title page to the work, 45 pp. [numbered 218-263]; eighth finely engraved and hand-coloured plates, where appropriate heightened with silver. Later green cloth with the original green, printed front wrapper mounted.
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€900.00
Life in times of troubles in China
A very decorative and amuzing reverse painting from the Qing dynasty
The rare French translation of this work on mountaineering
Conway, W. M.
Ascensions et explorations a sept mille mètres dans l'Himalaya.
Paris, Hachette, 1898. 8vo (17.9 x 11.4 cm). Title page with pictorial vignette, v, 242 pp.; frontispiece and 47 illustrations, mostly after photographs, and a map. Later black cloth with gilt title on the spine. Original pictorial front wrapper bound in.
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€150.00
Another tragic side-effect of opium