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MALPI'ERE, D. Bazin de.
La Chine, moeurs, usages, arts et métiers, peines civiles et militaires, cérémonies religieuses, monuments et paysages ...
Chez L'Éditeur, Goujon et Melle Formentin, Firmin Didot, Paris 1825-1827. First edition. 2 volumes, folio, engraved title, 143 (of 180) hand coloured lithograph plates, coloured vignette, 3 engraved plates of music, light dampstaining and spotting, discolouration to a few plates but generally plates very clean, later red half morocco, green cloth sides, light wear.
A collection of attractively lithographed scenes from Chinese life of the mid-Ch'ing period. Colas, 1957; Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica, 69; Lust 60.
Price: £ 3750
US Dollar Price: $ 7440
Stock Number: 33642