Descrizione

First edition. Duel language, text provided in both Vietnamese and English. Extensively illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings, a very large percentage of which are in colour. 4to (11.5 by 8.75 inches), in the publisher's original navy blue boards lettered on the upper cover in silver, in the original photographically decorated dustjacket. 520 pp. A very fine copy with just a hint of bumping to one board edge and in a very fine dustjacket.

Edizione: an essential work on the topic, and a rare book in america. the work is by a leading expert, doctor bui minh tri, who has experience at the thang long imperial citadel. he was also one of the contributors to the compilation of the dossier seeking for the world cultural heritage title for the citadel. also contributing is art historian and author kerry nguyên-long, who in 1999 was invited to be a contributing editor of the international magazine 'arts of asia' and has since written many articles for this magazine on vietnam’s visual culture.