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Title: A Dissertation on oriental gardening. . .the second edition, with additions. To which is annexed, an Explanatory discourse
Author:
Sir William Chambers (British (born Sweden), Göteborg 1723–1796 London)
Author:
Explanatory discourse by Tan Chetqua, of Quang-chew-fu
Designer:
Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, Florence 1727–1785 Hammersmith (active London))
Engraver:
Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
Printer:
Peter Elmsley, London
Printer:
W. Griffin (London)
Dedicatee:
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (British, London 1738–1820 Windsor)
Date: 1773
Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
Dimensions: 12 5/8 x 9 13/16 x 13/16 in. (32 x 25 x 2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession Number: 41.100.27
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