The punishments of China / illustrated by twenty-two engravings with explanations in English and French.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for William Miller, Old Bond-Street, by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St.-James's, 1801 [i.e. 1822?]
Physical Description:
[54] p., 22 leaves of plates : 22 col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title on added t.p.: Les punitions des chinois : représentés en vingt-deux gravures : avec des explications en anglais et en français.
Contents:
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.
Subject Terms:
Punishment -- China -- History. | Crime -- China -- History. | China -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | China -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Miller, William -- Printer. | William Bulmer and Co. -- Publisher. | Murray, J. Jardine -- Bookplate. | Stipple engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1822.