COLOR PLATE] MASON, GEORGE HENRY The Costume of China . London: W. Miller, 1800 [but 1822 based on ads]. Full deep purple straight-grain morocco gilt of the period, covers with foliate rolls in gilt and blind, spine in six compartments with a tooled flourish in four, lettered in the second and fourth, brown paper endsheets, all edges gilt. 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (35 x 26 cm); separate titles in both French and English, 1 f. plate list, 1 ff. ads, 4 ff. preface etc. 60 superb hand-colored aquatint plates engraved by Dadley after Pu-Qua of Canton, each with accompanying text leaf and protective tissue. Nominal wear to binding, overall a very fresh and attractive copy. The work, as usual, has text in English and French throughout. Abbey Travel 533; Colas 2009; Lipperheide 1520; Prideaux p. 317 etc. C
COLOR PLATE] MASON, GEORGE HENRY The Costume of China . London: W. Miller, 1800 [but 1822 based on ads]. Full deep purple straight-grain morocco gilt of the period, covers with foliate rolls in gilt and blind, spine in six compartments with a tooled flourish in four, lettered in the second and fourth, brown paper endsheets, all edges gilt. 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (35 x 26 cm); separate titles in both French and English, 1 f. plate list, 1 ff. ads, 4 ff. preface etc. 60 superb hand-colored aquatint plates engraved by Dadley after Pu-Qua of Canton, each with accompanying text leaf and protective tissue. Nominal wear to binding, overall a very fresh and attractive copy. The work, as usual, has text in English and French throughout. Abbey Travel 533; Colas 2009; Lipperheide 1520; Prideaux p. 317 etc. C
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