Author

MASON, George Henry.

Title

The Costume of China,
illustrated by sixty engravings: with explanations in English and French.

Published, Date

W. Miller, London,1831.

Description

Folio. 60 full page hand coloured engraved plates by Dadley after Pu-Qua, contemporary blue morocco gilt, covers with broad gilt borders, all edges gilt, rebacked preserving spine.

Note

Mason, an officer in the Herefordshire regiment, stayed in Canton for several months in or around 1790. The drawings of the various craftsman depicted in the book were purportedly made by the Chinese export artist, Pu-Qua.

References

China on Paper, 12; Abbey Travel 533; Colas 2009; Cordier 1858; Hardie p151; Lipperheide 1520; Prideaux p317; Tooley 320.

Stock Number

85462