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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM W. APPLETON
ALEXANDER, William (1767-1816). Picturesque Representation of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese. London: W. Bulmer for John Murray, 1814.
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ALEXANDER, William (1767-1816). Picturesque Representation of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese. London: W. Bulmer for John Murray, 1814.
4° (335 x 276 mm). 50 hand-colored engraved plates after Alexander. (Frontispiece slightly shorter, mounted on stub; some pale spotting or offsetting.) Modern quarter morocco, edges gilt.
FIRST EDITION. “Alexander is best remembered for his work on China in a period in which the Chinese style greatly influenced the decorative arts in Britain” (DNB). Colas 75.
4° (335 x 276 mm). 50 hand-colored engraved plates after Alexander. (Frontispiece slightly shorter, mounted on stub; some pale spotting or offsetting.) Modern quarter morocco, edges gilt.
FIRST EDITION. “Alexander is best remembered for his work on China in a period in which the Chinese style greatly influenced the decorative arts in Britain” (DNB). Colas 75.