| Other author/creator | Bertin, Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste, 1719-1792. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjCPyWTdrvD7VCGxJXjmd |
| Other author/creator | Cardon, Antoine Alexandre, 1739-1822, engraver. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmdxbjB3Pc9J6wM8GXWXd |
| Other author/creator | Freschi, Andrea, 1774-1815, engraver. |
| Other author/creator | Milton, William, engraver. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjMfjm7PYdcKQxfCTq7Vhb |
| Other author/creator | Stockdale, John Joseph, 1770-1847, publisher. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfX4j8rCfBHYPDCpF9JjC |
| Other author/creator | Howlett and Brimmer, printer. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7JmpkPg4mjRwCXjGyV4Y6 |
| Uniform title | Chine en miniature. Tome 1-4. English |
| Spine title |
Costume and arts of China |
| Local note | Joyner Rare copy lacks v. 4. |
| General note | Illustrated with 80 hand-colored engraved plates by Antoine Cardon ("A. Cardon direxit"), Andrea Freschi ("A. Freschi sculpsit") or William Milton ("W. Milton sculpsit"); published by J.J. Stockdale ("I.I. Stockdale at Pall Mall"), with various dates in 1812. |
| General note | Illustrations from the French edition (Paris : Nepveu, 1811), which were in part based on illustrations in works by G.H. Mason (The costume of China and The punishment of China, London, 1800, 1808); see. Lipperheide (1896-1901 ed.), nos. 1524, 1520, 1522. The Mason illustrations are "after designs by the Cantonese artist Pu-Qúa"--Hiler, page 575. For description of the works by Mason, Bertin, and Breton, see China on paper: European and Chinese works from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. Edited by Marcia Reed and Paolo Demattè (Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2007), catalog nos. 12-14, pages 162-166. |
| General note | "Manufactory of paper from bamboo ... Second process in paper-making ... Third process of paper-making": v. 2, p. 34-45 and plates [4-6]. |
| General note | In volumes 2 and 4 several plates are incorrectly inserted. |
| General note | Binding, publisher's, of quarter green cloth and yellow paper boards, with printed paper labels on spine. |
| Digital Bookplate |
Bookplate for Jack and Mary Spain |
| References |
Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.), Le24 |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Rare copy gift of Jack and Mary Spain, 6/19/2024 |