The author, a Danish architect, travelled throughout China from 1929 to 1933, studying and living in various monasteries in eleven provinces. Four years further work on the photographs, architectural plans, drawings and notes produced this volume on Buddhist monasteries and monastic life in China.
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Seller: DIAMOND HOLLOW BOOKS / MILES BELLAMY, ANDES, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Large quarto hardcover, 40 x 30 cm, 396 pages. Stated Third Impression. Heavily illustrated with hundreds a=of b/w photos and plans. Four large folded plans present in rear pocket. Just faint wear to front cover near foot, with thin blue cloth covering boards slightly lifting from boards; interior spotless & bright including fold-outs. A magnificent study. Seller Inventory # 3320
Seller: Sheafe Street Books, Portsmouth, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Binding is firm. Numerous fold-outs. Pocket on back end paper holds several architectural plans. Architecture, Buddhism. Seller Inventory # 010416