Lot 111 A
111 A
MASON, George Henry. The Costume of China. London: Hazard & Binns for W. Miller, 1806 [watermarked 1801-1806]. 2° (360 x 259mm). Parallel titles and text in French and English. 60 hand-coloured stipple-engravings by Dadley after Pu-Qùa of Canton. (Light spotting throughout, repaired tear to plate XII, first seven text leaves loose.) Contemporary straight-grained half red morocco gilt (extremities rubbed, corners and fore-edges bumped). Provenance: George Gilpin (bookplate). Colas 2009; Lipperheide Le 17; cf. Abbey Travel II, 533.
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MASON, George Henry. The Costume of China. London: Hazard & Binns for W. Miller, 1806 [watermarked 1801-1806]. 2° (360 x 259mm). Parallel titles and text in French and English. 60 hand-coloured stipple-engravings by Dadley after Pu-Qùa of Canton. (Light spotting throughout, repaired tear to plate XII, first seven text leaves loose.) Contemporary straight-grained half red morocco gilt (extremities rubbed, corners and fore-edges bumped). Provenance: George Gilpin (bookplate). Colas 2009; Lipperheide Le 17; cf. Abbey Travel II, 533.

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MASON, George Henry. The Costume of China. London: Hazard & Binns for W. Miller, 1806 [watermarked 1801-1806]. 2° (360 x 259mm). Parallel titles and text in French and English. 60 hand-coloured stipple-engravings by Dadley after Pu-Qùa of Canton. (Light spotting throughout, repaired tear to plate XII, first seven text leaves loose.) Contemporary straight-grained half red morocco gilt (extremities rubbed, corners and fore-edges bumped). Provenance: George Gilpin (bookplate). Colas 2009; Lipperheide Le 17; cf. Abbey Travel II, 533.
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