$3,444
Mason, George Henry (fl. circa 1800) The Costume of China . London: Miller, 1800. First edition, with the words "Costume," and "Sixty Engravings" on the title page in an outline or hollow typeface, folio, illustrated with sixty hand-colored aquatints by J. Dadley after Pu-Qua of various Chinese citizens depicting their jobs and social status, text printed in parallel English and French throughout, bound in full contemporary red straight-grained morocco, tooled in gilt on boards and spine, a.e.g., inner gilt dentelles, marbled end leaves; headcaps and endbands chipped away, joints weak, extremities rubbed, corners bumped, contents with some spotting, offsetting, the plates finely colored, generally good, a large copy, 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-31
