The Citizen of the World: or, letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the East army endpapers and titlepage slightly spotted

endpapers and titlepage slightly spotted

corners worn

The bulk of the book consists of the Quenta Silmarillion

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 endpapers and titlepage slightly spottedLondon: 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