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The costume of China : illustrated by sixty engravings : with explanations in English and French (1800)

Mason, George Henry, author, Miller, William, 1769-1844, bookseller, Gosnell, Samuel, printer, Mason, George Henry. Costume of China, Mason, George Henry. Costume of China. French, Dadley, J., engraver, Pu-Qúa, illustrator · leaf 143

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PLATE XXXII. A STONE-HEWER. In general, the stone which is hewn for the edifices in China, is cut re-markably thin in proportion to its length, being perhaps only half a foot inthickness, though it be two or three feet in width, and six in length. Manyof the smaller bridges are made of such stones,…

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