The Craft of Gardens: The Classic Chinese Text on Garden Design

by Ji Cheng and Cheng Ji

Book Overview

With dozens of stunning photographs, this modern translation of a Classic text is a masterpiece of classical Chinese gardening. Ji Cheng's great work on garden design, the Yuan Ye or Craft of Gardens , was originally published around 1631 and is the earliest manual of landscape gardening in the Chinese tradition. This is the first complete English translation of Ji Cheng's seminal work. This Chinese gardening book is based on J Cheng's notes and experiences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602200084
• ISBN13: 9781602200081
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 11.1"