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Chinese houses and gardens, by Henry Inn; edited by Shao Chang Lee ...

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-149697

Description

xii p., 1 ¾., [15]-16, 5-140 p. incl. illus., plates. 32 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Architecture, Domestic
Gardens

Originator

Inn, Henry, 1899- illus.
Li, Shao-ch°ang, 1891- ed.

Contents

Preface.--Introduction, by E.C. Schenck.--Chinese houses and gardens in retrospect, by Ch°en Shou-yi.--Foreign influence in Chinese architecture, by Chuin Tung.--Chinese gardens: contrasts; designs, by Chuin Tung.-- Man and nature in the Chinese garden, by Wing-tsit Chan.--The Chinese love of home and symbolism, by Shao Chang Lee.--Photographic illustrations and drawings, by Henry Inn.

Publication

Honolulu, Fong Inn's limited

Description

xii p., 1 ¾., [15]-16, 5-140 p. incl. illus., plates. 32 cm.

Notes

Illustrated lining-papers.
"This edition ... is limited to two thousand copies signed by the author."
Added t.-p. in Chinese and English: "A choice collection of garden and house pictures", by Henry Inn; edited by Shao Chang Lee, characters by Ch°en Shou-yi.
Bequest of Ambrose Cramer.

Call Number

Stacks NA7448.I5

Places

China.

Variant Title

A choice collection of garden and house pictures.

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