ALEXANDER (William). Picturesque representations of the dres - Lot 37

ALEXANDER (William). Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Chinese. Illustrated in fifty coloured engravings with descriptions. London, James Godwin, [plates by John Murray, 1814]. In-8, [2] f. (title, list of plates), pl., contemporary long-grained garnet morocco, spine with 4 broad and flat bands, boards edged with 2 broad roulettes, one gilt and the other cold, gilt roulette to the chasses, gilt edges (spine and corners restored without finesse with fragments of the original spine preserved; some soiling; tear without missing pl. 15). New edition reproducing the 1808 original in a smaller format. Comprising 50 engraved and colored plates, including a frontispiece and title, each accompanied by a commentary leaf. Provenance: 19th c. engraved armorial bookplate; Margaret Hopkins (sign. on one endpaper); W.H. Hopkins, California (stamp on endpapers).