MASON, George Henry The Costume of China. London: W. Miller, 1800. 2° (354 x 258mm). Text in English and French, 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Dadley after Pu-Quà (frontispiece detached and a little frayed, occasional very light spotting and staining). Contemporary straight-grained green morocco decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, some scuffing). Provenance : Calverley (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 533; Colas 2009; Lipperheide 1520.
MASON, George Henry The Costume of China. London: W. Miller, 1800. 2° (354 x 258mm). Text in English and French, 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Dadley after Pu-Quà (frontispiece detached and a little frayed, occasional very light spotting and staining). Contemporary straight-grained green morocco decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, some scuffing). Provenance : Calverley (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 533; Colas 2009; Lipperheide 1520. With the same author's The Punishments of China (London, 1801, 22 hand-coloured aquatint plates, frontis. detached), uniformly-bound with the above. (2)
MASON, George Henry The Costume of China. London: W. Miller, 1800. 2° (354 x 258mm). Text in English and French, 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Dadley after Pu-Quà (frontispiece detached and a little frayed, occasional very light spotting and staining). Contemporary straight-grained green morocco decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, some scuffing). Provenance : Calverley (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 533; Colas 2009; Lipperheide 1520.
MASON, George Henry The Costume of China. London: W. Miller, 1800. 2° (354 x 258mm). Text in English and French, 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Dadley after Pu-Quà (frontispiece detached and a little frayed, occasional very light spotting and staining). Contemporary straight-grained green morocco decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, some scuffing). Provenance : Calverley (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 533; Colas 2009; Lipperheide 1520. With the same author's The Punishments of China (London, 1801, 22 hand-coloured aquatint plates, frontis. detached), uniformly-bound with the above. (2)
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