Search Results: picturesque china architecture and landscape a by boerschmann ernst

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1925. Scarce in original dust jacket. First UK edition. In hardback red cloth boards with gilt title. The front of the dust jacket has some marks, small tears / nicks to edges, a small surface loss, and a stain. Cloth boards are faded to the bottom and the boards are slightly warped. Neat bookseller label to the front of the dust jacket from La Librairie Francaise Peking - Tientsin. The bookshop was in the lobby of the Grand Hotel de Pekin and had a branch in Tientsin. Text and sepia reproductions of photographs taken by Ernst Boerschmann, documenting his journey in the 12 provinces: Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Szechuan, Hupei, Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang. Boerschmann was the first Westerner to systematically document Chinese religious architecture. Captions in English, German, French and Italian. xxvi, 288 pp. 315 x 245 mm (12½ x 9¾ inches).

Brentano's, 1923-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Ex library copy with usual markings. No jacket. Book has shelf and edge wear. Pages are tanned. Pages are intact.

Brentano's Publishers, New York, (1923). Hardcover. Good. 4to, hardcover. No dj, red cloth. Good condition. Boards lightly soiled, corners & edges rubbed through in a few spots, spine ends beginning to fray. Front hinge loose w/ front endpaper nearly detached. Internal binding firm, contents lightly & uniformly toned, otherwise quite clean, images sharp. xxvi, 288 p. of illustrations, with titles in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian, map. "The monuments photographed have been, and will be further dealt with in detail by the author in his works 'Die baukunst und religiöse kultur der Chinesen' ... and 'Chinesische architektur (in preparation)."