CHINESE TORTURE PAINTINGS

CHINESE TORTURE PAINTINGS, worn oblong folio with torn cloth covering, partially disbound. 17 watercolour paintings on rice paper, tipped onto pages with pencil explanations, tears to early images. Story shows father pleading for his son before a civil tribunal before son undergoes series of tortures including facial beatings, bastinado, pressure of the fingers and finally execution in the presence of the presiding Mandarin (1) (Illustrated)`