[China]. BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE (Jean Baptiste Joseph). La - Lot 212

[China]. BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE (Jean Baptiste Joseph). La Chine en miniature, ou Choix de costumes, arts et métiers de cet Empire, représentés [en] gravures, la plupart d'après des originaux inédits du cabinet de feu M. Bertin Paris, Nepveu, 1811. 4 volumes in-18, contemporary painted and glazed bronze calf, smooth fawn spine, red morocco title-piece, small fleurons with repeated Chinese architectural motifs, and gilt fillet, gilt roulette framing the boards and inside, gilt edges (slight rubbing to the spines, headpieces and corners, marginal wormwork on pp. 125-144, and in the margin of the last plate). First edition of the first 4 volumes of this beautifully illustrated work. Two additional volumes appeared in 1812. It contains 80 engraved and colored plates, including 4 frontispieces, showing scenes, landscapes and characters from China.