The costume of China : illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings
A London publication of 1805 by William Alexander, issued by William Miller and drawn from the Getty Research Institute's copy, presenting Chinese costume through forty-eight hand-coloured engravings for a European audience. The pictures are soft-toned, hand-coloured scenes of figures, boats, and street life shown in rotated pages, with fine outline and gentle washes a designer might borrow for period palettes and tableaux.
