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Creator:
Mason, George Henry
Title(s):

The costume of China : illustrated by sixty engravings : with explanations in English and French / by George Henry Mason.

Additional Title(s):

Costumes de la Chine

Published/Created:
London : Printed for W. Miller, Old Bond Street, by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, Holborn, 1800 [i.e. not before 1821]
Physical Description:
[134] p., 60 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GT1555 .M37 1821+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The illustrations depict occupations, including street sellers.
With an added title page in French: Costumes de la Chine ...
Stipple engravings by J. Dadley; after Pu-Qúa.
Text leaves watermarked 1821.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in gilt-tooled red morocco.
Subject Terms:
China -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
China -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Clothing and dress -- China.
Costume -- China.
Gosnell, S. -- Printer.
Miller, W. -- Publisher.
Stipple engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1821.
Contributors:
Pu-Qúa, ill.
Dadley, J., engraver.
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