(3) Chinese hand-colored folio books, c. 1920
19th/20th c., bound in wooden covers, each with approx. 10 hand-colored illustrations on silk, includes "A Book of Famous and Beautiful Chinese Ladies from All Antiquity", "Picture Story of Silkworm and Raw Silk", and "Picture Story of Old Farming", text in Chinese and English, 8.25"h x 5.75"w (each)
Condition: Good/Fair, "Ladies" with only 9 of 10 illustrations, separation of some pages, some tape repairs, wooden covers curved, "Farming" with one cover split, illustrations clean and bright
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19th/20th c., bound in wooden covers, each with approx. 10 hand-colored illustrations on silk, includes "A Book of Famous and Beautiful Chinese Ladies from All Antiquity", "Picture Story of Silkworm and Raw Silk", and "Picture Story of Old Farming", text in Chinese and English, 8.25"h x 5.75"w (each)
Condition: Good/Fair, "Ladies" with only 9 of 10 illustrations, separation of some pages, some tape repairs, wooden covers curved, "Farming" with one cover split, illustrations clean and bright