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The Costume of China / Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese

Chapter 1: PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DRESS AND MANNERS OF THE CHINESE.
By William Alexander
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An illustrated volume presents fifty colored engravings with descriptive text that surveys dress, occupations, and social customs across urban and rural settings. Plates depict court and military attire with insignia indicating rank, everyday laborers, domestic servants, entertainers, religious practitioners and rituals, market and transport scenes, and tools and weapons, often accompanied by explanations of materials, costume elements, and local practices such as fishing methods and funerary observances. The commentary mixes observational notes on appearance and behavior with practical details about trades, ceremonies, and the visual markers of status.

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Title: The Costume of China

Author: William Alexander

Release date: June 5, 2019 [eBook #59677]

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE COSTUME OF CHINA ***

THE

COSTUME
of
CHINA

by
W. Alexander
F.S.A. &c.

China—Plate 1

PICTURESQUE
REPRESENTATIONS
 
OF
THE DRESS AND MANNERS
 
OF THE
CHINESE.

ILLUSTRATED IN
FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS,
WITH DESCRIPTIONS.
BY WILLIAM ALEXANDER.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET
BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW.
1814.