£300
China. Breton de la Martinière (Jean-Baptiste Joseph), China: its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. &c. Edited Principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin. Embellished with Plates, two volumes, London: Printed by W. Lewis, n.d. [1812], volume II with title-page only, illustrated with 80 hand-coloured engraved plates, of which 41 are in volume I and 39 in volume II, accompanying unpaginated letterpress leaves in 12s, contemporary green morocco gilt, rubbed and with some slight losses, volume II rebacked preserving almost all of the original binding, now somewhat stiffened when handling, all edges gilt, renewed endpapers, 12mo, (2)
Provenance: John Adam Milne, 19th c armorial bookplate to each pastedown.
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