China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &C., Edited Principally From the Originals in the Cabinet of the Late M. Bertin;: With Observations Explanatory, Historical, and Literary (Translated from the French, embellished with plates, In Four Volumes(bound in two books))

Breton de la Martiniere, Jean Baptiste Joseph

(S. Gosnell for) J. J. Stockdale, 1812

4 volumes bound in 2.  Bound in contemporary gilt stamped calf.  Rebacked.  Marbled end sheets.  [10], 128; [4], 125, [1]; [4], 135, [1]; [4], 160 pages.  80 uncolored stipple-engraved plates.  Scattered browning, spotting throughout text. "Originated in the activities of Bertin, Secretary of State 1762-1780, who had responsibility for the Compagnie des Indes and the French Jesuits in Peking" - Lust 1243. The first French edition was printed in 1811-1812. Abbey Travel 535 note;  Cordier, Sinica p 65; Colas 435; Lipperheide (1963) 1525.