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A descriptive catalogue of the Chinese collection, in Philadelphia : With miscellaneous remarks upon the manners, customs, trade, and government of the Celestial Empire
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Ph DS 714 .D86 1839 Copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dunn, Nathan, 1782-1844.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art objects, Chinese--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Catalogs.
- Art objects, Chinese.
- China--Social life and customs.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 120 p. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : printed for the proprietor, 1839.
- Notes:
- Nathan Dunn, a merchant was the owner and proprietor of the items in the Chinese collection which shared a building with Peale's Museum. E.C. Wines wrote the "remarks upon the ... Celestial Empire".
- At head of title: Ten thousand Chinese things. Also in Chinese.
- Local Notes:
- HSP has three copies. One copy is bound with other pamphlets at Wzz* .55 Vol.1.
- OCLC:
- 34066721
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