An explanatory discourse
By: by Tan Chet-qua, of Quang-chew-fu, Gent. [i. e.] Sir William Chambers ; introd. by Richard E. Quaintance, Jr. --
Contributors: Quaintance, Richard E.
Series: Publication (Augustan Reprint Society) -- no. 191
Publisher: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Chinoiserie; Gardens; Design; History
Notes: Reprinted from the second ed. of the author's A dissertation on oriental gardening, which was published in London in 1773.

The facsimile of "An Explanatory Discourse" is reproduced from a copy "annexed to" the second and last edition of A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening (1773) in the Pierpont Morgan Library.

Copy inscribed by Richard E. Quaintance, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references.