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Posted on 11/26/201908/11/2020

General Subject of the book:

The book is about oriental gardening, especially Chinese Gardening. They’re compared to European Gardening. Sir William Chamber about Chinese Gardening in the beginning of the dissertation: „Gardening in China is held in much higher esteem than it is in Europe. Their Gardeners are not only Botanists but also Painters and Philosophers.

Organisation of the book:

The book starts with a Preface which is from page 1 to 13

The dissertation is from page 14 to 107

And after the dissertation there an explanatory discourse by Tan Chet-qua, from page 112-163

There’s no table of contents.

Size of the book:

The book has a height of 295mm, a width of 235mm and a breath of 20mm.

Compared to the standard book sized the book is a Quarto with the size letter F.

Total Number of pages and number of illustrations:

In total the book has 163 pages. There’s only one picture in the whole book.

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