A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening, to which is Annexed, an Explanatory Discourse, by Tan Chet-qua of Quang-chew-fu, 2nd edition, 1773, engraved additional vignette title and dedication by Bartolozzi after Cipriani (both leaves somewhat spotted and slightly creased at lower outer corner), bound with [Mason, William], An Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers .. Author of a late Dissertation on Oriental Gardening..., 3rd edition, J. Almon, 1773, 16 pp., heavy spotting throughout, bookplate of Emo Park Library, contemporary cat's paw calf gilt, rubbed, skilfully rebacked, 4to 1) A treatise conceived by William Chambers in response to the dull style of landscape gardening of 'Capability' Brown. Harris 118; Henrey 547. 2) Mason Epistle, originally published in March 1773, went through 13 editions by the end of the following year, long before its author's name was disclosed. The poem celebrates the work of Lancelot Brown while satirically criticising Chambers and all his Chinese works, and indeed any form of formal gardening. (1)
A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening, to which is Annexed, an Explanatory Discourse, by Tan Chet-qua of Quang-chew-fu, 2nd edition, 1773, engraved additional vignette title and dedication by Bartolozzi after Cipriani (both leaves somewhat spotted and slightly creased at lower outer corner), bound with [Mason, William], An Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers .. Author of a late Dissertation on Oriental Gardening..., 3rd edition, J. Almon, 1773, 16 pp., heavy spotting throughout, bookplate of Emo Park Library, contemporary cat's paw calf gilt, rubbed, skilfully rebacked, 4to 1) A treatise conceived by William Chambers in response to the dull style of landscape gardening of 'Capability' Brown. Harris 118; Henrey 547. 2) Mason Epistle, originally published in March 1773, went through 13 editions by the end of the following year, long before its author's name was disclosed. The poem celebrates the work of Lancelot Brown while satirically criticising Chambers and all his Chinese works, and indeed any form of formal gardening. (1)
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