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CHAMBERS, Sir William (1726-96). Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils, engraved by the best hands, from originals drawn in China, London, for the Author and sold by Mess. Dodsley [and others], 1757, 2°, FIRST EDITION, 21 engraved plates (browning and soiling, minor ink marks affecting plate 18), early 19th-century cloth-backed boards (covers detached and worn) [Rothschild 585; Fowler p. 70 (French edition); Archer 38.1; Courtney p. 79]
Samuel Johnson contributed the first two paragraphs of the Preface.
Samuel Johnson contributed the first two paragraphs of the Preface.