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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 130

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 130
e, and bent down,which they pinch between their fingers.This instrument in fact is pinched some*what in the manner of the steel diapasons,or octaves, with which the leaders ofbands regulate the exact and uniformsound of la, mi, la. The Chinese barber, when he obtainsa customer, performs his office… … IFrfi ill ti/// w BAm,B3im., /u/f^Sa.jeiyi&e. by//:Sa?c/cda/.e.4i/cJlMaU ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 101 throughout Asia, which is known by theappellation of Macer, It consists in promoting the circulationof the blood; giving more tone andsuppleness to the muscles, by extendingthe limbs, and gently…

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