China.

China.-

A collection of 36 hand-coloured illustrations from China, 12 depicting silk production on printed and hand-coloured pith paper, a further 12 drawn and hand-coloured on natural leaves depicting the growing, cultivation of leaves for tea, and 12 images of birds of China, printed and hand-coloured on pith paper, images on pith paper with some slight wear and/or damage to image edges, images on the natural leaves slightly browned, within sewn album, first leaves loose, no covers, 4to, [Canton, c.1840]