Circa 1920. A book of famous and beautiful chinese ladies from all antiquity. Accordion book (leporello), the wooden cover engraved with the symbol "fu", the inner leaves alternating pages of text and portraits aqaurellés on silk. Signed by Ferréol Marquis de Ferry and dated March 18, 1953. Size: 21x15 cm. (Cover veiled). Provenance: Given to the family of the current owners by Alfred Louis Ferréol, Marquis de Ferry. He was assigned to the Ministry of Colonies from 1942, then appointed Director of the Archives and Libraries of Indochina between 1948 and 1953. - Also included: 1948. H. Fauconnier - Barbara. Well illustrated with full-page plates by Charles Fauconnier. Dedicated by the Marquis de Ferry "in memory of this beautiful month of July 1952". Size: 18x14 cm. (Wear). Provenance: Given to the family of the current owners by Alfred Louis Ferreol, Marquis de Ferry. He was assigned to the Ministry of Colonies from 1942, then appointed Director of the Archives and Libraries of Indochina between 1948-1953.