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Liu Yang ed: SANSHAN WUYUAN JIUYING. (Old Photographs of Imperial Gardens in the Northwest of Beijing). Beijing, 2007. 234 pp. B/w plates throughout. 25x15 cm. Paper.
GBP 30.00
Sanshan Wuyuan refers to Qing dynasty imperial gardens located in the north-west of Beijing. The gardens illustrated are Jingming Yuan, Changchun Yuan, Jingyi Yuan, Yuanming Yuan and Qingyi Yuan (the Summer Palace). Illustrated throughout with early black-and-white photographs of these imperial compounds and of particular interest for an extensive section on Yuanming Yuan containing a good amount of little-known photographs. Text in Chinese.
Subjects: Photography Gardens
New stock due shortly, as of: 16/01/2010
Was item 492 in printed List 152.
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