The costume of China, : illustrated by sixty engravings: with explanations in English and French. / By George Henry Mason, Esquire ...
George Henry Mason (1842-1915)
Category
Books
Date
c. 1822
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124675
Summary
Bibliographic description
[136] p., [60] leaves of plates : ill. ; fol. Shelved and uniform with other contemporary works on costume. Lacks publisher's advertisement (1822). Additional title page watermarked 1821; plates 13, 14, 15, 27, 31, 32, 36, 37, 41, 44, 49, 50, and 59 watermarked 1823. Ephemera: typescript catalogue card loosely inserted. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full straight-grained dark blue morocco; gilt and blind rolls to form an outer border; sewn onto five recessed cords; four false bands; spine gilt, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Costumes' and 'China'; gilt rolled corners of board edges; gilt rolled turn-ins; gilt textblock edges.
Makers and roles
George Henry Mason (1842-1915), author