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Additional authors

1. Mason, George Henry.
2. Miller, William, 1769-1844
3. McLean, T. (Thomas)
4. Wilson, William, active 1811-1839
5. W. Bulmer and Co., printer.

Description

1. [54] pages, 22 leaves of plates : 22 hand-colored illustrations; 37 cm (fol.)

Alternative title

1. Punitions des Chinois

Subject

1. Punishment > China > Pictorial works
2. Costume > China > Pictorial works
3. Criminal justice, Administration of > China > Pictorial works
4. Torture > China > Pictorial works
5. China > Social life and customs > 18th century > Pictorial works

Contents

1. 1. A culprit before a magistrate -- 2. A culprit conveyed to prison -- 3. A culprit conducted to trial -- 4. An offender undergoing the bastinade -- 5. Twisting a man's ears -- 6. Punishment of the swing -- 7. Punishing a boatman -- 8. Punishing an interpreter -- 9. The rack -- 10. Torturing the fingers -- 11. Burning a man's eyes with lime -- 12. A malefactor chained to an iron bar -- 13. Punishment of the wooden collar -- 14. A man fastened to a block of wood -- 15. A malefactor in a cage -- 16. Punishment of a wooden tube -- 17. Hamstringing a malefactor -- 18. Close confinement -- 19. Conducting an offender into banishment -- 20. A malefactor conducted to execution -- 21. The capital punishment of the cord -- 22. The manner of beheading.

Call number

1. 3-MMR+ (Mason, G. H. Punishments of China)

Note

1. Published anonymously. Halkett (cited below) gives George Henry Mason as author; Mason's name is on title page of The costume of China, published by Miller in 1800. Mason, a British army officer, collected the drawings in Canton in 1789-1790, probably purchasing them from shops specializing in images for the export trade. Cf. preface to The costume of China; for detailed discussion, cf. The hypothetical mandarin / Eric Hayot. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009, pages 50-94 (chapter 2, "The compassion trade").
2. "Printed by W. Wilson, 4, Greville-Street, London"--Colophon.
3. Originally published in 1801, with publisher information as above, except "W. Bulmer." "This is a late reprint, as is shown by the watermarks, of the 1804 edition [which named William Bulmer and Co. as printer on title page and in colophon] ... The text, but not the title-page, has been reset, and printed by Wilson instead of Bulmer ... It is likely that, despite the unaltered title-page ... [it] was in fact published by by Thomas M'Lean"--Abbey (cited below). Watermarks in Abbey copy: Text, 1818, J Whatman 1818; plates, J Whatman Turkey Mills 1819, J Whatman 1819, J Whatman 1820.
4. Watermarks in NYPL copy: Text, 1816; 1818; 4 plates, Turkey Mills J Whatman 1819.
5. Watermarks in HRC copy: Text leaves watermarked 1818; plates watermarked 1819.
6. Contains 22 full-page hand-colored stipple engravings by J. Dadley, each signed: "Engraved by Dadley, for W. Miller, Old Bond Strt., London, Jany. 1, 1801."
7. Halkett cites the 1801 edition.

Indexed in (note)

1. Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature (1926-62 edition)
2. Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860

Language (note)

1. English and French. Added title page, with title in French: Les punitions des Chinois : représentés en vingt-deux gravures : avec des explications en anglais et en français.

Provenance (note)

1. J.F. Selot (book label).

Author

1. Dadley, J., engraver.

Title

1. The punishments of China : illustrated by twenty-two engravings : with explanations in English and French.

Imprint

1. London : Printed for William Miller, Old Bond-Street, by William Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St.-James's, 1804 [i.e. not before 1819]

Type of content

1. still image
2. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Indexed in:

1. Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature (1926-62 edition), volume 4, page 460

Indexed in:

1. Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, entry 532

Language

1. English and French. Added title page, with title in French: Les punitions des Chinois : représentés en vingt-deux gravures : avec des explications en anglais et en français.

Provenance

1. J.F. Selot (book label). NN

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. England London.

Added author

1. Mason, George Henry.
2. Miller, William, 1769-1844, publisher.
3. McLean, T. (Thomas), publisher.
4. Wilson, William, active 1811-1839, printer.
5. W. Bulmer and Co., printer.

Research call number

1. 3-MMR+ (Mason, G. H. Punishments of China)