CHINA - Picture Story of Preparing Tea, [no place, but printed in China: no publisher, n.d.], small 4to, 10 hand-coloured plates printed on silk on accordion leaf, text in English and Chinese, original wooden boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE.

CHINA - Picture Story of Preparing Tea. [No place, but printed in China: no publisher, n.d. but first half of the 20th-century]. Small 4to (208 x 148mm). 10 hand-coloured plates printed on silk on an accordion leaf, text in English and Chinese, reading from right to left. Original wooden boards with a Chinese character stamped in pale blue on the upper cover. The plates are captioned "Transplanting", "Picking", "Sorting", "Drying", "Roasting", "Sieving", "Scenting", "Packing" and "Transporting" (one plate is not captioned). FIRST EDITION. RARE.