COBBOLD, REV. ROBERT HENRY: - Pictures of the Chinese. Drawn by Themselves. London, John Murray, 1860.

. Pp. vi, 219. With frontispiece, 34 full page drawing illustrations and many textual illustrations. Near contemporary half calf on marbled boards, somewhat rubbed. Old ownership signature on title page. Some minor staining. First edition of a charming work about various Chinese professions each accompanied by a pen-and-ink etching by a native artist. Some examples: the lantern-seller, the blind fortune-teller, the opium smoker, the physiognomy, the scavenger, street beggars, etc. The author served as Archdeacon at the treaty port of Ningpo for a period of eight years. Cordier BS 90.

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