Cobbold Rev Robert Henry (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. 12mo Rebound by library in green buckram, gilt titles to spine, with the original front cover illustration with damage to top one inch [missing] laid down. front matter of first two pages separated but present, the paper is brittle and inclinded to break along the rebound gutter; ow G/ndj: vi, 219, with 34 etchings by native artists (illustrating 30 trades etc.), lithographed extra title page as frontispiece with different title, ie 'The Chinese at Home', vignette title page, Illustrated with full page and intertext drawings of daily life and customs in Ningpo China in the mid-19th century. Includes: diviners, street singers, physicians, Buddhist Priest, wine carrier, lantern seller, Taoist priest, needle-maker, opium smoker, barber, physiognomist, beggars, matchmakers etc.…

Pp. vi, 219. With frontispiece, 34 full page drawing illustrations and many textual illustrations. Near contemporary half calf on marbled boards, somewhat rubbed. Old ownership signature on title page. Some minor staining. First edition of a charming work about various Chinese professions each accompanied by a pen-and-ink etching by a native artist. Some examples: the lantern-seller, the blind fortune-teller, the opium smoker, the physiognomy, the scavenger, street beggars, etc. The author served as Archdeacon at the treaty port of Ningpo for a period of eight years. Cordier BS 90.…