Lot 24

China

4 volumes

£300

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST

Description

comprising:
Burlington Fine Arts Club. Catalogue of a Collection of Objects of Chinese Art. London, 1915. Privately Printed for The Burlington Fine Arts Club. 4to, frontispiece, 55 plates, original blue cloth gilt, t.e.g., occasional spotting, binding slightly marked;
Cox, E.H.M. The Plant introductions of Reginald Farrer. London, 1930. First edition, 4to, limited to 500 copies, frontispiece, 12 colour plates, original cloth gilt, t.e.g., some light spotting;
Cox, E.H.M. Plant Hunting in China. A History of Botanical Exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches. 1945, plates, original cloth, dustwrapper;
Etherton, Lt-Col. P.T. China the Facts London, 1927. First edition, 8vo, plates, folding map, original yellow cloth (4)

Footnote

Note: The Burlington Fine Arts Club catalogue is a finely illustrated catalogue of exceptional pieces of Chinese art in private British collections.