Desseins des edifices, meubles, habits, machines, et ustenciles des Chinois
By: Gravés sur les originaux dessinés à la Chine par Mr. Chambers, architecte... Auxquels est ajoutée une description de leurs temples, de leurs maisons, de leurs jardins, &c
Contributors: Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758; Haberkorn, John; Millar, Andrew, 1707-1768; Nourse, J. (John), d. 1780
Publisher: de l'imprimerie de J. Haberkorn, dans Gerrard-Street; se vend chez l'auteur, à coté du Caffé de Tom en Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; & chez A. Millar & J. Nourse, Libraires dans le Strand
Published: 1757
Place of publication: A Londres
Language: fre
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Decorative arts; Architecture; Costume
Work titles: Designs of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, machines and utensils
Notes: An English version was published in London the same year, different booksellers. See ESTC.

Plates engraved chiefly by P. Fourdrinier, others by Charles Grignion, J. Fougeron, Edward Rooker, Paul Sandby.

ESTC N50196

Binding: cat's paw calfskin, gilt tooled. Centered on top board are arms of Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de Berry (1798-1870); see E. Olivier, Reliures armoriées, 2554/2. Green ribbon place marker. On front pastedown are Marie-Caroline's bookplate for the library of Rosny, and a 20th-century bookplate with a scorpion and initials W R H J (Wynne Rice Hugh Jeudwine).