Ta Tsing Leu Lee; . being the fundamental laws, and a selection from the supplementary statutes, of the penal code of China; originally printed and published in Pekin, in various successive editions, under the sanction, and by the authority, of the several Emperors of the Ta Tsing, or present dynasty. Translated from the Chinese: and accompanied with an appendix, consisting of authentic documents, and a few occasional notes, illustrative of the subject of the work; by Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart. F.R.S.
China
Category
Books
Date
1810
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3123778
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],xxvi,581,[1]p., plate . 31cm.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full leather binding; triple gilt fillet and blind tooled border; spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Penal code of China. Staunton.".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
China Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801)