An Old Chinese Garden A Three-fold Masterpiece of Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting Wen Chen Ming, Kate Kerby, Mo Zung Chung Art

Chung Hwa Book Company; Shanghai, not dated [1923]. Hardcover. The book presents 31 scenes from the garden, each accompanied by: Poetry written by Wen Zhengming, Calligraphy in his hand, Paintings illustrating the garden features. The book is considered a cross-cultural bridge, blending Chinese aesthetics with Western scholarship. Text in English and Chinese. An Acceptable, purple Chinese silk with gold stamping, tied binding, the front board is mostly detached and only holding by a small (1-inch) spot, the book was previously taped to hold it together and the tape residue remains on the board buckram, exposed board corners, rubbing along board edges, few uncut pages, text block edges are pulpy, age toning to pages creases to prelims, heavy discoloration to front board buckram, without Dust wrapper. And without box. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 179pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.