拍品 246
BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE, Jean Baptiste Joseph. China: its Costume, Arts, Manufactures . London: J. J. Stockdale, 1813.
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BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE, Jean Baptiste Joseph. China: its Costume, Arts, Manufactures . London: J. J. Stockdale, 1813.
4 volumes in 2, 8° (228 x 128 mm). 80 engraved plates. (Lacking half-titles.) Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked). Provenance: William Legg (signatures on titles).
Third Edition in English. Originally published in French as La Chine en miniature (Paris, 1811-12) (see previous lot). “The first and second [English] editions were both published in 1812, also in four volumes. There was another edition, printed by Howlett and Brimmer, in 1824. The original French edition was published in Paris, 1811, four volumes, and 1812, two further volumes ... the English edition being based on volumes 1-4 only” (Abbey).
Abbey Travel 535; Colas 435; Cordier Sinica I, 65 (second edition); Lipperheide 1525.
4 volumes in 2, 8° (228 x 128 mm). 80 engraved plates. (Lacking half-titles.) Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked). Provenance: William Legg (signatures on titles).
Third Edition in English. Originally published in French as La Chine en miniature (Paris, 1811-12) (see previous lot). “The first and second [English] editions were both published in 1812, also in four volumes. There was another edition, printed by Howlett and Brimmer, in 1824. The original French edition was published in Paris, 1811, four volumes, and 1812, two further volumes ... the English edition being based on volumes 1-4 only” (Abbey).
Abbey Travel 535; Colas 435; Cordier Sinica I, 65 (second edition); Lipperheide 1525.
BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE, Jean Baptiste Joseph. China: its Costume, Arts, Manufactures . London: J. J. Stockdale, 1813.
4 volumes in 2, 8° (228 x 128 mm). 80 engraved plates. (Lacking half-titles.) Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked). Provenance: William Legg (signatures on titles).
Third Edition in English. Originally published in French as La Chine en miniature (Paris, 1811-12) (see previous lot). “The first and second [English] editions were both published in 1812, also in four volumes. There was another edition, printed by Howlett and Brimmer, in 1824. The original French edition was published in Paris, 1811, four volumes, and 1812, two further volumes ... the English edition being based on volumes 1-4 only” (Abbey).
Abbey Travel 535; Colas 435; Cordier Sinica I, 65 (second edition); Lipperheide 1525.
4 volumes in 2, 8° (228 x 128 mm). 80 engraved plates. (Lacking half-titles.) Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked). Provenance: William Legg (signatures on titles).
Third Edition in English. Originally published in French as La Chine en miniature (Paris, 1811-12) (see previous lot). “The first and second [English] editions were both published in 1812, also in four volumes. There was another edition, printed by Howlett and Brimmer, in 1824. The original French edition was published in Paris, 1811, four volumes, and 1812, two further volumes ... the English edition being based on volumes 1-4 only” (Abbey).
Abbey Travel 535; Colas 435; Cordier Sinica I, 65 (second edition); Lipperheide 1525.