Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Chinese. Illustrated in fifty coloured engravings, with descriptions (1814)
Alexander, William, 1767-1816 · London, Printed for John Murray by W. Bulmer · leaf 139
materials, the betel leaf, and chunam are to bemet with in every little eating shop, and on almost everystall in the bazar, or market, and are among the mostcommon articles carried about the streets for sale. Theareca tree is one of the palm tribe, with a tuft of leavessurmounting a stem as… … e<3 PLATE XXXIII. A CHINESE CARRIAGE. This machine, like a bakers cart, is the kind of wheelcarriage which is most common in the country, and suchas even the high officers of state ride in, when performinglandjournies in bad weather, and the driver invariably sitson the shaft in the aukward…
Clothing and dress
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