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One volume bound in two, 8vo (7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.; 180 x 116 mm); some light marginal spotting and browning. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco in chinoiserie style, elaborately gilt, with a triple border of solid line, greek key ornament, and spears piercing disks, the central field with six columns, urns, lions, and floral stamps, ivy-leaf garlands, and a central column with a figure, wearing a Manchu queue in his hair and holding a spear pointed downward, edges gilt; extremities worn and partially mended.

acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 2003

light marginal spotting and browning. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco in chinoiserie style, elaborately gilt, with a triple border of solid line, greek key ornament, and spears piercing disks, the central field with six columns, urns, lions, and floral stamps, ivy-leaf garlands, and a central column with a figure, wearing a Manchu queue in his hair and holding a spear pointed downward, edges gilt; extremities worn and partially mended.
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A charming example of European taste reflecting Chinese artistic influences.