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a black book with gold lettering sitting on top of a gray surfacetwo birds sitting on a tree branch in a bookan open book with a picture of a boat on itan old book with four pictures of people dressed in traditional clothingan old book with a picture of a man and a woman playing a game of tennis
CONAN BELLEVILLE Hôtel d’Ainay

127 - ALBUM OF CHINESE PAINTINGS, comprising 175 illustrations acr…
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Estimate €800 - €1,000
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ALBUM OF CHINESE PAINTINGS, comprising 175 illustrations across 51 pages. Oblong quarto, half-cloth in black, with the album’s title on the front cover (contemporary binding). A magnificent album of 175 gouaches on rice paper in beautiful colours. Each page features between 1 and 4 paintings, depicting figures, boats, fish, birds, butterflies, fruit and flowers. These albums were generally compiled in the second half of the 19th century. It is rare to find so many watercolours. Spine repaired, endpapers replaced.
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About the sale A SCHOLAR-COLLECTOR’S LIBRARY Part 1: Old Books, 19th and 20th Centuries – Regionalism – Printed by La CORRERIE
Auction location
Auction time 10/13/2026 at 2:30 PM
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