The Citizen of the World: or, letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the East army together with as souvenir postcard

together with as souvenir postcard signed by Blake and in the envelope and a booklet wherein Blake discusses his thoughts on the exhibition

Large hardback with the mint dust-jacket

corners worn

Braque and Japanese artists like Ikeda

The work was first published in 1886

The Citizen of the World: or, letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the East army together with as souvenir postcardLondon: Taylor and Hessey George Cowey, 1819. Two volumes, complete. Small 8vo. pp xvi, [1], 2 278; viii, [1], 2 230. Bound in contemporary leather with wide patterned gilt border to front and back, heavily gilt spines. Head of spine on vol I chipped and edges rubbed, joint becoming tender. An decent copy in nice period binding. A collection of 119 satirical letters in which Goldsmith uses his fictitious author, Lien Chi Altangi, to deliver witty and