The Punishments of China, Illustrated by Twenty-two Engravings: With Explanations in English and French.; [Les Punitions Des Chinois]
de [MASON, George Henry]
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- near fine
- Estado
- near fine
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New York, New York, United States
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London: William Miller, 1808. hardcover. near fine. J. Dadley. Illustrated with 22 handsomely printed color engravings by the accomplished stipple engraver John Dadley, purportedly after originals by one Pu-Qua of Canton, acquired by the author, William Henry Mason, a major in the Royal Madras Fusiliers, while visiting the country around 1790. Slim folio, 3/4 contemporary burgundy levant with ornately gilt spine; (rubbed at extremes but sound and attractive). London: William Miller for S. Gosnell, 1808. An early printing, likely the third, with pages watermarked 1804 & 1807. Ownership name on blue endpapers and with foxing on blank flyleaves, still a near fine copy with remarkably clean text and plates.<br/> <br/> Text attributed to G.H. Mason> Plates by J. Dadley: A culprit before a Magistrate; A Culprit conveyed to Prison; A Culprit conducted to Trial; An Offender undergoing the Bastinade; Twisting a Man's Ears; Punishment of the Swing; Punishing a Boatman; Punishing an Interpreter; The Rack; Torturing the Fingers; Burning a Man's Eye with Lime; A Malefactor chained to an Iron Bar; Punishment of the Wooden Collar; A Man fastened to a Large Block of Wood; A Malefactor in a Cage; Punishment of the Wooden Tube; Hamstringing a Malefactor; Close Confinement; Conducting an Offender into Banishment; A Malefactor Conducted to Execution; The Capital Punishment of the Cord; The Manner of Beheading.<br/> <br/>
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- Título
- The Punishments of China, Illustrated by Twenty-two Engravings: With Explanations in English and French.; [Les Punitions Des Chinois]
- Autor
- [MASON, George Henry]
- Ilustrador
- J. Dadley
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- Estado del libro
- Usado - near fine
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- Editorial
- William Miller
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1808
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