Pith Paintings

[ANONYMOUS]. Set of 16 Chinese pith paintings c.1840-1860, gouache on pith paper £ 11,500 Album of 16 Chinese gouache paintings on pith paper, beautifully and meticulously made, containing 8 tipped in leaves framed in light-blue silk, all […]

Principles of Politeness

CHESTERFIELD, Lord; FRANKLIN, Benjamin; LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, François de. Lord Chesterfield’s Advice to his Son, on Men and Manners; in which the principles of politeness and the art of acquiring knowledge of the world, are laid down in […]

HUGO, Victor

Presentation copy in original publisher’s wrappers, half title inscribed and signed by Hugo