The Costume of China, Illustrated with Sixty Engravings: with explanations in English and French

by George Henry Mason

$4,850 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Contemporary diced russia, covers bordered in gilt and blind, spine with raised bands in seven compartments, lettered in the second and sixth, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges A fine copy of Mason's famous illustrated survey of the costume of China. Mason's text is based on his own experiences in Canton in 1789-1790. At the time he was there, foreigners were not allowed access to the China beyond the borders of the

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