First published in 1909, ‘China’ is written by Sir Henry Arthur Black and illustrated by Mortimer Menpes. Featuring 16 colour prints of Mortimer Menpes’s beautiful watercolour paintings it provides a charming illustrated history of China and Chinese culture. Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1855 – 1938), was an Australian-born British painter, author, and illustrator. This classic work is being republished now in a new colour edition and includes an excerpt from ‘In Mortimer Menpes’ Studio’ By Raymond Blathwayt.