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 in gilt on spine, lightly soiled. A translation of a classic Chinese work dealing with the ceremonies of the Chow dynasty accompanied by notes by the editor. William Gingell (1816-63) was a British surgeon of the East India Company who after two years' service in India was transferred to Nanking in China where he stayed until his death. Cordier BS 1408. Löwendahl 1778.

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