GINGELL, WILLIAM RAYMON (Transl. & Ed.): - The Ceremonial Usages of the Chinese, B.C. 1121, as Prescribed in the "Institutes of the Chow dynasty strung as pearls"; or, Chow le kwan choo ..., being an abridgement of the Chow le classic by ... Hoo Peih Seang, (Designated ... Mung Chew). London, Smith Elder & Co., 1852.

. 4to. Pp. (vi), iv, 107, index (8). With Chinese characters and illustrations throughout the text. Errata slip inserted. Publisher's yellow blind-stamped cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, slightly soiled. A translation of a classical Chinese work dealing with the ceremonies and laws of the Chow dynasty (1122 -- 221 BC) accompanied by notes by the editor. William Gingell (1816-63) was a British surgeon with the East India Company who, after two years of service in India, was transferred to Nanking in China where he remained until his death. Cordier BS 1408. Löwendahl 1778.

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