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‎The Punishments of China illustrated by Twenty-Two Engravings with Explanations in English and French - Les Punitions des Chinois représentés en Vingt-Deux Gravures avec des Explications en Anglais et en Français.‎

‎London, Printed for William Miller, 1808. 1 large volume folio (35*25,5 cm), nicely bound in full decorated leather, with 24 hand colored aquatints prints, a very fine copy.‎

‎A very fine copy of this famous work with 22 aquatints prints in perfect condtion: A culprit before a Magistrate - A Culprit conveyed to Prison - A Culprit conducted to Trial - An Offender undergoing the Bastinade - Twisting a Man's Ears - Punishment of the Swing - Punishing a Boatman - Punishing an Interpreter - The Rack - Torturing the Fingers - Burning a Man's Eye with Lime - A Malefactor chained to an Iron Bar - Punishment of the Wooden Collar - A Man fastened to a Block of Wood - A Malefactor in a Cage - Punishment of the Wooden Tube - Hamstringing a Malefactor - Close Confinement - Conducting an Offender to Execution - the Capital Punishment of the Cord - The Manner of Beheading. REMISE POSSIBLE POUR ACHAT DIRECT - DISCOUNT OFFERED FOR DIRECT SALE - PLEASE CONTACT THE BOOKSELLER FOR MORE INFORMATION‎