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 39
PLATE VI. A BOOKSELLER. T he Chinese have practised the art of printing from time immemorial ■ butthey use no press, as the Europeans do. They carve their letters upon blocksof wood ; and their paper, being very thin and transparent, will bear printingonly on one side: hence every leaf is doubled,…
Clothing and dress · Manners and customs
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