Author: Inn, Henry
Title: Chinese Houses and Gardens
Description: N.Y. Hastings House, 1950. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, pale green dust jacket with black illustrations and lettering, decorative end pages, xii, 148 pages, black and white illustrations. Contents include: Preface. -- Introduction, by E.C. Scheneck. -- 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. Added title page 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. VG-/VG- (light age toning to block and page edges, overall wear and tears to dust jacket) .

Keywords: Asian Architecture ; Chinese Architecture ; ; General Reference - Asian Architecture


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