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

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Inn, Henry

Contributor:

• Li, Shaochang, 1891-1977.
• Li, Shao-ch'ang, 1891- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Architecture, Domestic--China.
• Architecture, Domestic.
• China.
• Gardens--China.
• Gardens.

Physical Description:

xii pages, 15 unnumbered pages-16, 5-140 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm

Other Title:

Yuan ting hua cui.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : Fong Inn's Limited, 1940.

Contents:

• Preface.
• Introduction, by E.C. Schenck.
• Chinese houses and gardens in retrospect, by Chʻen 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.

Notes:

• Title on added t.p.: Yuan ting hua cui.
• "This edition ... is limited to two thousand copies signed by the author."

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Linfoot gift.

OCLC:

1164196