The Chinese reader's manual : a handbook of biographical, historical, mythological, and general literary reference
A reference handbook of Chinese biography, history, mythology and literature compiled by William Frederick Mayers, Chinese Secretary to the British Legation at Peking, and published in Shanghai and London in 1874 for scholars and students of China. The only picture is the plain title page, set in centred capitals with a stacked hierarchy of lines and a small imprint block at the foot, so a designer might take from it a model for restrained, symmetrical Victorian typography built on contrasting capital sizes and generous white space.
