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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 153

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 153
ng likewise promisedmuch more in the propositions of hishand-bill, was received with considerabledisapprobation ; and the result unfortu-nately is, that the experiment, whichmight have proved of great utility, will 116 CHINA, ITS COSTUME, perhaps never be repeated. Many of thespectators conckided,… … / I /(/ J 7</fSll T^-^^M^^- .gsi:/TTi.S(S@e^ IFiL^-^ra©?©. /U..fo.-Vftijfii^ tyy/J-SmcfcrMe. ji/nll Vaff ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 117 SHUTTLECOCK TOY-MAN. LiORD Macartney informed us, that the in-habitants of Cochin-China played at thesliuttlecock, not with raquets, nor withthe hands, nor with…

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