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Die Strafen der Chinesen : auf XXII ausgemalten Kupfern dargestellt und nach dem Englischen mit Rücksicht auf die ältern und neuern Werke über China beschrieben von Friederick Hempel Rechtskonsulent AND Châtiments usités chez les Chinois, représentés dans 22 gravures enluminées ; rédigés d'après les meilleurs ouvrages, tant anciens que modernes, qui aient paru sur la Chine, par Frenchédéric Hempel Google Translation: The penalties of the Chinese: depicted on XXII painted copper, and after English, with regard to the older and more recent works on China, by Friederick Hempel] AND [Punishments used by the Chinese, represented in 22 illuminated engravings; Written according to the best works, both ancient and modern, which have appeared in China, by Frédéric Hempel

Hempel, Friederick · Leipzig

Author
Hempel, Friederick
Date
1804
Place
Leipzig
Publisher
Bureau d'industrie
Language
German
Binding
3/4 brown calf, marble covers
Format
4to (9.75x11.75") Gilt, 2 labels
Category
Children’s & Illustrated
Record
S.I.1016

"Die Strafen der Chinesen : auf XXII ausgemalten Kupfern dargestellt und nach dem Englischen mit Rücksicht auf die ältern und neuern Werke über China beschrieben von Friederick Hempel Rechtskonsulent AND Châtiments usités chez les Chinois, représentés dans 22 gravures enluminées ; rédigés d'après les meilleurs ouvrages, tant anciens que modernes, qui aient paru sur la Chine, par Frenchédéric Hempel. Translation: The penalties of the Chinese: depicted on painted copper, and after English, with regard to the older and more recent works on China, by Friederick Hempel AND Punishments used by the Chinese, represented in 22 illuminated engravings; Written according to the best works, both ancient and modern, which have appeared in China, by Frédéric Hempel. 4to.(9.75" x 11.75") 1804. Unnumbered pp. Twenty-Two hand-colored plates, all accounted for. Liepzig: Bureau d'industrie, In French and German Language. Quarter variegated brown leather with petite corners, over marbled boards. Spine with double gilt rule for bands, gilt lettering to red leather in second compartment, gilt device to green leather in fourth. Pale green endpapers, all edges speckled in red. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with some loss to tips. Head and foot of spine chipped with small loss to each. Covers lightly scuffed, board edges scuffed and rubbed. Two title pages, one in French and one in German. Bookplate centered to upper pastedown, leaving a shadow opposite it. Prior owners name neatly in old ink to foot of first free endpaper with booksellers notes to upper corner in pencil. Minimal foxing, almost not worth mentioning, finger stains to page edges.

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