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 155
divided into twocompartments, through which pass iron wires ; and onthese wires are strung in one compartment five, and in theother two, moveable balls. The principle is something ofthe same kind as that of the abacus of the Romans, and iswith some little variation still made use of in Russia, It… … X PLATE XXXVII. FEMALE PEASANT. Blue or brown cotton frocks with green or yellow trowsersare the ordinary dresses of the female peasantry, all ofwhom, except such as labour in the field or the fisheries,have the vanity to cramp their feet, in imitation of theirsuperiors. Those in the print are…
Clothing and dress
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