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China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary (1812)

Breton, M. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Bertin, Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste, 1719-1792, Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 102

An illustration from China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary, 1812, leaf 102
literary agesof Greece and Rome, is carried back, inChina, to the earliest date of antiquity :the most moderate calculations reckonits discovery about fifty years beforethe Christian era. It is true, however,that the Chinese are not such proficientsin this respect, as we are; they have nomovable… … ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 73 the discourse, or work, of which theywant a numher of copies. The manuscript is then transcribed bya good writer, on fine transparent paper;and the engraver places each sheet, withthe writing downwards, on a plank ofapple, pear, or some other hard wood, onwhich the…

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