
Lot 35•
MASON (GEORGE HENRY) The Costume of China, Illustrated by Sixty Engravings with Explanations in English and French, FIRST EDITION, W. Miller, 1800 [watermarked 1816-1818]
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1 February 2017, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,250 inc. premium
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MASON (GEORGE HENRY)
The Costume of China, Illustrated by Sixty Engravings with Explanations in English and French, FIRST EDITION, 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates (one supplied from another copy, one with small tears in lower margin), some offsetting from plates to text, contemporary blue morocco gilt, g.e., rebacked [Colas 2009; Lipperheide 1520], folio (365 x 265mm.), W. Miller, 1800 [watermarked 1816-1818]
Saleroom notices
Plate 1 (Mandarin) is a facsimile plate Descriptive text leaf to Lady drinking tea is provided in facsimile