Habillement De L'Empereur De La Chine & Des Dames De Son Palais Avec Quel-ques Usages & Coutumes Observees en ce Pais.

A decorative and interesting folio sheet of engravings showing the costumes of the Chinese king and his wives in the Royal Palace. A finely engraved print from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume 'Atlas Historique', one of the most famous and prolific works of the early 18th century.



Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father of Henri Abraham (1684-1743) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754).
They worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L’Histoire … under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication.
The atlas was published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720, with a second edition appearing in 1732. The maps were accompanied by information pertaining to cosmography, geography, history, chronology, genealogy, topography, heraldry, and costume of the world.

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