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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 169

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 169
hich excites the greatest sur-prise among the spectators. An automa-ton or puppet, as large as life, suddenlymakes its appearance in a wrestling-match; this scene takes place in thedistance, and is obscured as much as pos-sible, to make the illusion more complete.The wrestler grasps the pasteboard… … ylf-r^si/ii sii.l^ ^^^ww^^-^^i^^f • /„/r-L .\fq>-ii<i:i In IJ.Slvrkdale. 41 fa//MaU AETS, AND MANUFACTURES. 12/ PUPPET-SHOW. 1 HE Chinese are very partial to exhibi-tions of puppets, which they have broughtto singular perfection; they performlittle heroi-comic plays; the men whoshew the…

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