The images in this notecard set are from one of two magnificent Burmese manuscripts once owned by the nineteenth-century diplomat and Orientalist Henry Burney, British Resident of the Court of Ava from 1830 to 1837. Among the most prized items in the British Library’s collections, the concertina-fold manuscripts (parabaiks) are surveyed and their story told in Patricia M. Herbert’s Life of the Buddha (Pomegranate, in association with the British Library, 2005).

Sixteen panoramic-size 3 15/16 x 9 1/4" blank notecards (four each of four styles) with white envelopes in a decorative box. Panoramic cards do not require extra postage when mailing in the USA.