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China in Miniature; containing illustrations of the manners, customs, character, and costumes of the people of that empire.
Boston, Clapp and Broaders, 1834.
Duodecimo, 15 plates (14 hand-coloured); fine in contemporary calf-backed boards.
A delightful study of nineteenth-century Chinese life. Issued with 16 plates one of which is missing. The plates depict Chinese from a variety of vocations, including Mandarin, Fruit-seller, and Mantuamaker or dressmaker. Rare; not listed in any of the standard bibliographies.
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