Chinese Buddhist Monasteries Plan Function by Prip Møller (11 results)
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Seller: DIAMOND HOLLOW BOOKS / MILES BELLAMY, ANDES, NY, U.S.A.DIAMOND HOLLOW BOOKS / MILES BELLAMY
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 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; i…nterior spotless & bright including fold-outs. A magnificent study.
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Published by Hong Kong ; University Press, 1967
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Seller: Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, GermanyAntiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Gut. 396 p. ; ill. ; 40 x 30 cm. Guter Zustand. 40 x 30 cm. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Stempeln und Signatur auf Einband. Schuber berieben, mit Kratzern und fleckig. Sonst Seiten sauber. / Good. 40 x 30 cm. Ex-library with usual markings. Slip case slightly worn and soiled. Clean pages. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht i…n Gramm: 5300.
Published by Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 1982
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Seller: HERMITAGE BOOKS, ABAA, Denver, CO, U.S.A.HERMITAGE BOOKS, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerThird printing. SACRED BLUEPRINTS This landmark folio by Johannes?Prip?Møller offers an unprecedented architectural?historical investigation of Chinese Buddhist monastic sites, integrating ground?plans, photographs and textual analysis to reveal how spatial design underpins monastic ritual and daily life. Spanning nearly four hu…ndred pages and including folding plans of temple complexes such as Huiju?Temple, the volume remains a foundational reference for scholars of Chinese Buddhist architecture, religious studies and heritage conservation. From the library of Paul W. Kroll, retired Professor Emeritus of Chinese at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Fine, internally clean with tight and square binding. Quarter tan buckram, titled in gilt, over blue pseudo-morocco boards. Color and Black-and-white photographs and illustrations, full-page and fold-out architectural drawings, four oversized fold-out architectural drawings in rear pocket. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Hong Kong University Press, 1967
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Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.rareviewbooks
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Oversized hardback book (396 pages) in slipcase illustrated with numerous mostly black and white photograph/drawings/plans - four folded plates inside back board. This is the second edition published in Hong Kong, August 1967. Slipcase shows moderate rubbing/soiling. INTERNATIONAL SH…IPPING WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CHARGE (shipping weight over 10lbs). Bookseller since 1995 (ULCARPT) rareviewbooks.
Published by Copenhagen: G. E. C. Gads Forlag and London: Oxford University Press, 1937, 1937
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Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerpaperback. Condition: Used-Like New. 1ST. Folio, three quarters vellum over blue paper covered boards, [12] 396 pp., profusely illustrated throughout in black & white and color. 4 folding plans in rpep pocket. Vellum gilt-stamped on spine and along front board. Inscribed by author on ffep. Boards a bit bowed with text block foll…owing on bottom outer corner. Some minor sunning to paper covering boards along top edge. Minor soiling to vellum, but still very bright with sharp gilt. Overall, a near fine copy.
More imagesPublished by G.E.C. Gads Forlag; London: Oxford University Press, Copenhagen, 1937
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Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.McBlain Books, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. black and white photos (1 double-page), sketches and plans (2 folding in text plus 4 folding plans in cover pocket), a few colow or partial color illutrations, index (8), 396p. Original vellum-backed blue boards (with tiny vellum corners peeking out). 39 cm. Modest cover soiling and wear…(heaviest on vellum portions). Narrow waterstreak on front cover and a nARROW WATER STAIN ALONG EDGE OF UPPER OUTER CORNER OF BACK COVER. Small oval stamp (ownership?) blacked out on front free endpaper.
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Seller: Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V., Amsterdam, NetherlandsAntiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.
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Add to basket[Copenhagen & London, G. E. C. Gads Forlag & Oxford University Press, 1937]. Reprint Delhi, [etc.], Oxford University Press, [1985]. [12],396 pp. Num. ills, incl. 4 large loose fold. plts. Orig. hardcover (brown h. cloth with blue imit. leather covers & gilt lettering). Folio - Spine ends sl. dam.Reprint of the first edition of…1937.
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Seller: Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V., Amsterdam, NetherlandsAntiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.
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Add to basket[Copenhagen & London, G. E. C. Gads Forlag & Oxford University Press, 1937]. Reprint Hong Kong, Hong Kong Oxford University Press, [1967]. [12],396 pp. Num. ills, incl. 4 large loose fold. plts. Orig. hardcover (brown h. cloth with blue imit. leather covers & gilt lettering). Folio. - A neat copy.Reprint of the first edition of…1937.
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Seller: Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V., Amsterdam, NetherlandsAntiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.
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Add to basketCopenhagen & London, G. E. C. Gads Forlag & Oxford University Press, 1937. [12] 396 pp. 3 col. plts., 5 fold. plts., 4 loose folded plans in rear pocket & 365 text-ills. Half vellum with gilt-embossed titles in English and Chinese. Folio. - Attractive copy, text & contents clean, minimal discolartion of the side-panels.Original…first edition.
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Seller: Richard Neylon, St Marys, TAS, AustraliaRichard Neylon
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: very good. Copenhagen, Gads 1937 & 1945 Folio publisher's half gilt vellum; numerous photo ills, plans & measured drawings (a couple folding, four folding plans in the pocket at end). The blue paper on the front faded as happens if the book sees daylight for more than a few minutes. [and] Octavo publisher's… cloth backed boards; colour extra title, 183pp, photo illustrations, plans. Original and best edition by miles. One of the great scholarly studies in architecture in which Prip-Moller's modesty of style and scrupulous research, devoted to setting exact measurement of the material with historical documentation and spiritual purpose, is set in a scrupulous and stylish design, producing a large and solid book outwardly very elegant and inwardly complex, almost the embodiment of its subject. "A monumental work which, in its own sphere, has no rival at the present time, and is hardly likely to encounter one in the future." (Gosta Montell in 'Geografisk Tidsskrift', b.42; 1939). Prip-Moller preached this intensity of purpose, function and meaning in his architectural polemic and practised it in his own buildings, the best known now is probably the Christian church he designed for Reichelt in Hong Kong in 1930, and his direct influence doesn't pass unnoticed in buildings like Utzon's Bagsvaerd Church. The second book here is a companion produced to match, on a smaller scale, not published in English as far as I know. This is his personal account of travels in China gathering materials for his monster book. *This item might cost more to post than quoted by abe.
More imagesSeller: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerCopenhagen & London 1937, Gads Forlag & Oxford University. 3/4 Vellum spine over green boards, large folio, 29 x 39.5 cm., bright clean solid, 396p., 4 large pocket plans, index chronology,365 fine full page photos. * FIRST RARE EDITION * . *** **** *** . . A STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: . . . . * A major illustrated reference a…nd scholarly resource for Buddhist: monasteries, priests, architecture, ritual objects, altars, statues and sculptures. . * LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED: This work contains some 363 plans in color & b.w., many maps, priests, robes & costumes, Chinese character footnotes text in English, with some in both English and Chinese, hermits, some shown with primitive but highly effective martial arts for self-defense, monks &c. Wonderful rural settings for many temples, with superbly designed gardens, cremation ovens, funeral rites, monk students, pilgrims accommodations &c. . * This work covers the typical Buddhist monastery & building history, layout, central axis, lateral groups, Hui Chu Ssu, Pao Hua Shan, Kiangasu. Ordination unit, its ceremonies and its development, monk's offices & daily life in the monasteries. A magnificent work, loaded with fine collotype photos and a profusion of color sketches. . *** RARITY: This 1937 FIRST EDITION seldom comes to market in "collector's condition" and complete with all pages, plates, photographs and charts. . * Due to its highly esoteric nature, deluxe printing & binding it was likely done in a small, Limited Number of copies. It has and always will be exceptionally R A R E ! . * Considered a scholarly and reliable work on the subject with detailed architectural drawings & stunning photographic illustrations. . *** THE AUTHOR: Prip-Moller [1889-1943] first came to China in 1921, and after studying Chinese in Peking worked in Mukden [Manchuria], as a consulting architect. The present work is the result of extensive researches undertaken between 1929 and 1933 and was first published in Copenhagen in 1937. . * THE FIRST EDITION: The First Edition has always been the most desirable and Deluxe edition of the book. The reprints do not compare with the lovely typography, paper and meticulous binding of this edition ! . * BINDING: The original First Edition was bound in genuine white vellum spine with gold lettering, and four matching vellum corners. The balance of the book was bound in heavy green boards, which are easily rubbed. Our copy is in "collector's condition" with no major rubbing, a few nearly invisible scuffs to the covers, else a sharp clean and lovely copy of a very RARE EDITION of this title. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *.
