LIUSW1 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. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |