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1. A dissertation on oriental gardening; by Sr. William Chambers. The second edition, with additions. to which is annexed, an explanatory discourse by Tan Chetqua, of Quang-chew-fu, gent.

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Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: 1773
Physical Description:: 3 p. ., xi, [13]-163 p. 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Chinese architecture, civil and ornamental : being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of plans and elevations, &c. from the imperial retreat to the smallest ornamental building in China : likewise their marine subjects : the whole to adorn gardens, parks, forests, woods, canals, &c. consisting of great variety, among which are the following, viz. royal garden seats, heads and terminations for canals, alcoves, banqueting houses, temples both open and close, adapted for canals and others ways, bridges, summer-houses, repositories, umbrello'd seats, cool retreats, the summer dwelling of a chief bonza or priest, honorary pagodas, Japaneze [sic] and imperial barges of China : also, those for the emperor's women, and principal officers attending on the emperor, pleasure boats, &c. : to which are added, Chinese flowers, landscapes, figures, ornaments, &c. : the whole neatly engraved on twenty-four copper-plates, from real designs drawn in China, adapted to this climate / by P. Decker, architect.

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Creator:: Decker, Paul
Date:: MDCCLIX [1759]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : chiefly ill. ; 25 x 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine : fait par ordre du roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781 : dans lequel on traite des mœurs de la religion, des sciences & des arts des Indiens, des Chinois, des Pégouins & des Madégasses : suivi d'observations sur le cap de Bonne-Espérance, les isles de France & de Bourbon, les Maldives, Ceylan, Malacca, les Philippines & les Moluques, & de recherches sur l'histoire naturelle de ces pays / par M. Sonnerat ...

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Creator:: Sonnerat, Pierre, 1748–1814
Date:: 1782
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A particular account of the Emperor of China's gardens near Pekin: In a letter from F. Attiret, a French missionary, now employ'd by that emperor to paint the apartments in those gardens, to his friend at Paris. Translated from the French, by Sir Harry Beaumont.

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Creator:: Attiret, Jean Denis, 1702–1768
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: vi, 50 p. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Designs of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, machines, and utensils / engraved by the best hands, from the originals drawn in China by Mr. Chambers, architect, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence ; to which is annexed a description of their temples, houses, gardens, &c.

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Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: MDCCLVII [1757]
Physical Description:: [10], 19, [1] pages, XXI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 58 cm (folio)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts