Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Alexander, William, 1767-1816
Title:: The costume of China : illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings / by William Alexander.
Published / Created:: London: : Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street, 1805.
[London] : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's, [1805]
Physical Description:: [10] pages, [48] leaves, [48] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Related Content:: View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3089652
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Added engraved pictorial title page, with imprint dated Nov. 1st 1804.
Subject Terms:: Costume -- China -- History -- 18th century. | China -- Social life and customs -- 1644–1912. | China -- Pictorial works. | Alexander, William, 1767–1816 -- Death and burial.
Form/Genre:: Subscription lists (Publishing) -- 19th century. | Extra-illustration -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Soft-ground etchings -- 1805. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1805.
Contributors:: Edridge, Henry, 1769–1821, illustrator. | Picart, Charles, approximately 1780–approximately 1837, engraver. | Miller, William, 1769–1844, publisher. | Nicol, G. (George), 1740?-1828, printer of plates. | W. Bulmer and Co., printer.