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1925026965Kalinpong 1925 Gegen (Gergan) Dorje Tharchin Hardcover 1st Edition
1744175883Madrid: Imprenta del Reyno 1744. One of three copies traced in commerce in 100 years First edition in Spanish expanded from the equally rare Italian edition of 1738 from the library of the distinguished historian-collector Sir Charles Ralph Boxer. Reporting on the 18th-century Capuchin missions to Tibet this text records some of the earliest European impressions of Tibet's cosmopolitan society and religious traditions. Members of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin travelled to Tibet in the early 18th century and had a presence in Lhasa for several extended periods over four decades until the collapse of the mission in the 1740s. Although published anonymously this report was written by Francesco Orazio della Penna 1680-1745 the leader of the mission and a skilled linguist who studied the language intensively for four years in a monastery and compiled the first Italian-Tibetan dictionary. He focuses on religious life reporting on the position and privileges of the Dalai Lama as well as on processions temples and holy law. For this edition the translator the Spanish polymath Antonio Maria Herrero added material including a report of Capuchin efforts to introduce moveable type printing in Tibetan. The type 1306 different pieces was cast in Rome and conveyed in 1741 to Lhasa where several books were successfully printed. Also of note is a reference on page 106 to Samuel van der Putte the Dutch explorer who resided in Lhasa in the 1730s and was the only lay westerner known to have been in Tibet during the 18th century. Boxer 1904-2000 "possessed an internationally known rare book collection which was seized by the Japanese in 1941 for the Imperial Library in Tokyo. After the war he was able to recover most of his books including the jewel of his collection the sixteenth-century 'Boxer codex' a manuscript with seventy-five drawings by an unknown Japanese or Chinese artist depicting the peoples of the China Sea" ODNB. He continued to add to his library and embarked on an academic career spanning two decades during which he wrote numerous works on Dutch and Portuguese maritime expansion especially in relation to East Asia. His distinctive red seal is found on the title page and his 23 December 1957 ink ownership signature is the front binder's blank. His ink notes on both binder's blanks including a reference to the sale of another copy for $250 in 1965 by the American bookdealers Lathrop Harper and the fact that the 1738 Italian edition had only 70 pages. Boxer recognized both the appeal and rarity of this edition: the Lilly library holds another example from his library perhaps that sold by Harper's. Provenance: a Maggs Brothers Bibliotheca Asiatica et Africana Part V Catalogue 521 1929 with its pencilled catalogue code "728-521" on the front free endpaper verso recorded as bound in half morocco. b Maggs Brothers Voyages and Travels Vol. 5 Part VIII Catalogue 847 1957 with its pencilled catalogue code "2715 Vol V" on the front free endpaper verso. c Bought from Maggs by C. R. Boxer with his ownership signature seal and notes. d Sotheby's "Atlases Maps Travel and Topography Natural History Science and Medicine" 8 May 1986 lot 410 sold for £2200. e Sotheby's "Atlases Travel and Natural History" 20 October 1988 lot 278 bought post-sale by Ad Orientum. Octavo 195 x 143 mm pp. iv 120. Binder's blanks after endpapers. Early 20th-century brown half morocco raised bands compartments ruled in gilt gilt devices spine lettered direct in gilt brown cloth sides boards ruled in gilt marbled endpapers edges gilt. Contents expertly cleaned most leaves with professional tissue repairs at top edge text only slightly affected: a very good copy. Cordier 2906; not in Löwendahl or Lust. hardcover
1904177840Simla: Intelligence Branch Topographical Division June 1904. The race for Lhasa A rare intelligence map produced during a spectacular move in the later stages of the "great game" showing Younghusband's route as far as the fortress at Gyantse. The map incorporates both existing information gathered by pundits and also the fruits of surveys undertaken by British cartographers during the advance. We have traced a single copy held by the British Library shelf number 57690.1. The Younghusband Expedition under a pretext of bringing the Tibetans to heel aimed at closing a Russian backdoor to the Raj. Departing in winter 1903 Younghusband and his force crossed the Tibetan border on 12 December and began the push to Lhasa. Reaching Guru in March 1904 British forces massacred Tibetan troops blocking their path the Massacre at Chumik Shenko and following a protracted effort to seize control of the fort at Gyantse in May and June they swept along the eastern road reaching Lhasa in early July. "Some fifteen years earlier as a young subaltern Francis Younghusband had dreamed of entering Lhasa alone disguised as a Yarkandi trader. Now in full diplomatic regalia and with a small armed escort he rode into the holy city. The Tibetans their morale broken offered no resistance" Hopkirk p. 183. In addition to its geopolitical goals the expedition was tasked with surveying the Tibetan interior. Captain Charles Ryder an experienced Survey of India cartographer joined the expedition as the mapping officer and information gathered by his team was fed back to Intelligence Branch in Simla and incorporated into field maps. This example dated June 1904 charts the expedition's course from its December 1903 departure point of Siliguri up to Gyantse where Younghusband was still bogged down and gives known elevations and the course of alternative routes into Tibet to be followed by troops advancing in Younghusband's wake. Along the route there are markings for the expedition's camps lines representing the journeys of detachments from the main expedition and a delineation of the makeshift telegraph line running up to Kang Ma. A pair of crossed swords and a date note the site of the Massacre of Chumik Shenko. The northern and north-east portions covering Lhasa and the territory to the west are sketched according to the valuable information gathered in the 19th century by pundits such as Nain Singh Rawat and Kishen Singh. Rawat the first non-European to win a gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society was also the first member of the Survey of India to reach Lhasa. His cousin Kishen Singh made four surveying expeditions of Tibet and Central Asia the fourth producing a detailed map of Lhasa and its environs. The map shows the course of the Tsangpo and Nyang Chu and some of the geographical features of Younghusband's planned route east to Lhasa including the pass at Karo-La and the large lake of Yamdok Tso both of which were explored in detail by Kishen Singh in 1880. The expedition and the more detailed surveys by Ryder and others that followed its success built on the achievements of the pundits giving Britain an unparalleled cartographic knowledge of the Tibetan interior. Heliozincograph printed on cloth 780 x 670 mm. Traces of couple of contemporary purple ink annotations. Clean and bright barring couple of minor stains old folds and creasing: very good. Peter Hopkirk Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Race for Lhasa 1983. hardcover
19684545Bangkok: The Social Science Association Press of Thailand 1968. First edition in English of the Dalai Lama’s first book on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo original cloth. Signed by the Dalai Lama on the title page in Tibetan "with prayers." A near fine copy in an excellent dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare especially signed. The Opening the Eye of the Western Eye is a succinct thorough overview of the doctrines of Buddhism as they have been practiced for a thousand years in Tibet. The Dalai Lama here discusses the need for religious practice and the importance of kindness and compassion. Originally written for Tibetan lay people this was the Dalai Lama's first book on Buddhist philosophy to appear in English. Written for both Tibetan and Western readers Opening the Eye of New Awareness is the Dalai Lama's first religious work. It is not an edited transcript of public lectures but is His Holliness' own summation of Buddhist doctrine and practice. Completed in 1963 just four years after his escape from Tibet and four years after completing his religious education it is a work of consummate scholarship by a twenty-seven year-old geshe wise beyond his years. The Social Science Association Press of Thailand hardcover
196230019New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc 1962. First edition of the Dalai Lama's first autobiography. Octavo original half cloth illustrated. Signed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the title page with the added words "with prayers." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso was brought to Lhasa the capital of Tibet and enthroned two years later as the fourteenth Dalai Lama. In 1959 following the Chinese suppression of the Tibetan national uprising he was forced to seek asylum in India. As Tibet's leader-in-exile he has worked tirelessly not only on behalf of the Tibetan people but as a voice for human rights worldwide. "My Land and My People is without a doubt one of the most moving memoirs I have ever read" Stanley Gosh Saturday Review. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc hardcover books
19625520London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1962. First edition of the Dalai Lama's first autobiography. Octavo original black cloth illustrated. Signed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the title page with the added words "with prayers." Near fine in a excellent dust jacket with light rubbing. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very sharp example uncommon signed. Recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso was brought to Lhasa the capital of Tibet and enthroned two years later as the fourteenth Dalai Lama. In 1959 following the Chinese suppression of the Tibetan national uprising he was forced to seek asylum in India. As Tibet's leader-in-exile he has worked tirelessly not only on behalf of the Tibetan people but as a voice for human rights worldwide. "My Land and My People is without a doubt one of the most moving memoirs I have ever read" Stanley Gosh Saturday Review. Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover books
83817aafTibet, s.d., (vers 1800), 26 x 8.5 cm, 62 (von 63 ?) doppelseitig beschriftete lose Blätter mit Goldschrift auf schwarzem Grund u. dunkelblauer/schwarzer Umrandung, davon 3 Blätter illuminiert (Deckblatt mit 3 verschiedenfarbenen Seidenvorhängen zeigt in der Mitte Shakyamuni, Blatt 2 Subhuti, Blatt 3 einen Stupa), guter Zustand.
19684545Bangkok: The Social Science Association Press of Thailand 1968. First edition in English of the Dalai Lama's first book on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo original cloth. Signed by the Dalai Lama on the title page in Tibetan "with prayers." A near fine copy in a excellent dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare especially signed. The Opening the Eye of the Western Eye is a succinct thorough overview of the doctrines of Buddhism as they have been practiced for a thousand years in Tibet. The Dalai Lama here discusses the need for religious practice and the importance of kindness and compassion. Originally written for Tibetan lay people this was the Dalai Lama's first book on Buddhist philosophy to appear in English. Written for both Tibetan and Western readers Opening the Eye of New Awareness is the Dalai Lama's first religious work. It is not an edited transcript of public lectures but is His Holliness' own summation of Buddhist doctrine and practice. Completed in 1963 just four years after his escape from Tibet and four years after completing his religious education it is a work of consummate scholarship by a twenty-seven year-old geshe wise beyond his years. The Social Science Association Press of Thailand hardcover books
First edition, 4to (295 x 230 mm), xxviii, 474pp., large engraved folding map, 13 engraved plates (offset), occasional spotting, marbled endpapers, full cont. calf, boards with triple gilt filet border, five raised bands ruled in gilt, title lettered direct, a very nice copy indeed. In 1783, at the opportunity presented by a new Panchen (or Teshoo) Lama, Bengal governor-general Warren Hastings sent a deputation to Tibet and Bhutan in the hope of promoting British-Indian trade across the Himalayas. Samuel Turner (1759?1802), an army officer in the East India Company, was appointed leader of the mission. His journal, offering first-hand descriptions of these countries, remained the only such English-language work for more than half a century. Assisted by the botanist and surgeon Robert Saunders and the surveyor and illustrator Samuel Davis, Turner interweaves geographical and scientific observations with descriptions of social and religious customs; the vivid account of his reception by the infant Panchen Lama is of particular note. The introduction sketches the history of Bengal?Bhutan relations and George Bogle's prior mission, while later sections deal with Tibet and the influence of China. This was and remains an invaluable account of eighteenth-century diplomacy. Yakushi, T277a; Cox I, p. 346.
107479London H. M. S. O. 1904 1904 1905 1910. . First editions folio 4 parts in 1 vol. Comprising: I. Papers relating to Tibet CD 1920 1904 x 314 pp. large folding map. II. further papers relating to Tibet CD 2054 in continuation of CD 1920 iv 29 pp. III. Further Papers relating to Tibet No. III. CD 2370 in continuation of CD 2054 xxvi 277 pp. IV. Further Papers relating to Tibet CD 5240 in continuation of CD 2370 xvi 229 pp. Handsome modern green half morocco green moiré boards gilt lettered direct 3 original upper wrappers bound at end a very good set.<br /> A scarce complete set of official documents relating to the Younghusband expedition a miltary operation by the British Indian Government to counter Russian expansion in the East.<br /><br />The first report concerns the Younghusband expedition and its background from the conclusion of the Sikkim Expedition dated October 1889 to January 1904. The map shows the routes between Tibet and India. The second report concerns the arrival of the expedition dated December 1903 to April 1904 at Gyantse. The third report covers the period March 1904 to December that year. It covers the Lhasa Convention and the subsequent conflict between the Indian and British Governments over the provisions of the Convention. The final report contains documents dated September 1904 to April 1910 concerning British relations with Tibet from the signing of the Lhasa Convention to the flight of the Dalai Lama to India.<br /> Marshall 1703 1906 1907 2009; Yakushi G250. London, H. M. S. O., 1904, 1904, 1905, 1910. hardcover
1937317730Washington D.C.: White House 1937. 4to. Framed and glazed. 4to. Like FDR Suydam Cutting who came from a prominent New Jersey family was a graduate of both Groton and Harvard they graduated 5 years apart. Cutting went to Turkmenistan with TR Jr. and Kermit in 1925 and travelled to Tibet on several occasions between 1928 and 1937. He visited Lhasa with permission of the Dalai Lama to whom he presented gifts. Cutting acted as de facto American representative there as this letter suggests and published a memoir of his experiences The Fire Ox and Other Years 1947.<br /> <br /> A remarkable letter recording the ambivalent American position on Tibet in the 1930s. White House unknown
1937317730Washington D.C.: White House 1937. 4to. Framed and glazed. 4to. Like FDR Suydam Cutting who came from a prominent New Jersey family was a graduate of both Groton and Harvard they graduated 5 years apart. Cutting went to Turkmenistan with TR Jr. and Kermit in 1925 and travelled to Tibet on several occasions between 1928 and 1937. He visited Lhasa with permission of the Dalai Lama to whom he presented gifts. Cutting acted as de facto American representative there as this letter suggests and published a memoir of his experiences The Fire Ox and Other Years 1947.<br/><br/>A remarkable letter recording the ambivalent American position on Tibet in the 1930s. White House unknown books
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary green cloth bdg. Gilt lettering in Arabic script on the spine. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 402 p. Exceedingly rare first and only Turkish edition in book form published after serializing in "Tercüman-i Hakîkât" Newspaper [i.e. Interpreter of Truth], of Swedish explorer Sven Hedin's second expedition in Central Asia followed in 1899-1902 through the Tarim Basin, Tibet, and Kashmir to Calcutta. Hedin navigated the Yarkand, Tarim, and Kaidu rivers and found the dry riverbed of the Kum-darja as well as the dried-out lake bed of Lop Nur. Near Lop Nur, he discovered the ruins of the 340 by 310 meters (1,120 by 1,020 ft) former walled royal city and later Chinese garrison town of Loulan, containing the brick building of the Chinese military commander, a stupa, and 19 dwellings built of poplar wood. He also found a wooden wheel from a horse-drawn cart (called an araba) as well as several hundred documents written on wood, paper, and silk in the Kharosthi script. These provided information about the history of the city of Loulan, which had once been located on the shores of Lop Nur but had been abandoned around the year 330 CE because the lake had dried out, depriving the inhabitants of drinking water. During his travels in 1900 and 1901, he attempted in vain to reach the city of Lhasa, which was forbidden to Europeans. He continued to Leh, in Ladakh district, India. From Leh, Hedin's route took him to Lahore, Delhi, Agra, Lucknow, Benares to Calcutta, meeting there with George Nathaniel Curzon, England's then Viceroy to India. This expedition resulted in 1,149 pages of maps, on which Hedin depicted newly discovered lands. He was the first to describe yardang formations in the Lop Desert. While the original edition and English edition occasionally appear at auction, the Turkish edition has never been seen on the market. Özege 20996.; TBTK 13181.; OCLC shows only two records in Leiden and Bogaziçi Universities, not in American and other European libraries worldwide: 67059522.
Milano-Roma, Arti Grafiche Bertarelli, 1936, in-4° (cm. 29 x21) legatura originale in tutta tela grossa con titoli in rosso impressi al piatto anteriore e al dorso, pp. XXIV-568-LI con 253 figure + 12 ritratti fotografici (Diversi tipi di Baltì) nel testo e 34 tavole fotografiche + 12 ritratti fotografici (membri della spedizione) fuori testo. E’ presente la rara cartella cartonata allegata all’opera, con 4 carte geografiche a colori ripiegate e 8 panorami (su 5 carte, pure ripiegate) identificati alfabeticamente (A-H). Edizione originale nella tiratura numerata di 2200 esemplari impressi su carta bianca fine, rilegati in tela juta e numerati (la ns. copia la n. 691). Lievi tracce di ossidazione al taglio. Opera completa e in ottimo stato di conservazione. Perret, 1299: “Ouvrage peu courant”.
1777PHO-990Paris , Gide , 1797 , 3 volumes (1,2,3) in-4° (260x200) relié plein basane époque , dos lisse orné avec tomaison et pièce de titre . Tome 1 (1797) , chez Gay & Gide , xvi-500pp , illustré de 9 planches sur papier bleuté , ex-libris de la maison de Maistre avec sa devise , Tome 2 (1777), chez Nyon l’ainé, viii-278pp 234pp , charnière légèrement fendue , coin usé , Tome 3 (1778) chez Nyon l’ainé , vi-504pp , illustré de 6 portraits ,petits défauts , tome 2 et 3 , ex-libris de Jean-François-Charles Laval de La Loubrerie .
1886153413China: c.1886. Qing China's final frontier A late-Qing map of Tibet incorporating the research of the scholar-official Huang Peiqiao whose Xizang Tukao 1886 is one of the most detailed 19th-century Chinese sources on the geography and culture of Tibet. The map represents recent Chinese advances in scientific cartography the grid marking the longitudinal layout of this important part of the Qing frontier. This example is closely related to the four-page map found in Huang's study but is engraved here as one continuous block and likely represents one of the trial versions executed during the book's preparation. Provenance: exhibited in "The World on Paper: From Square to Sphericity" Hong Kong Maritime Museum December 2019 - March 2020. Woodblock-printed map 193 x 461 mm on single sheet 232 x 584 mm engraved by Han Xian Chinese title outside neatline. Vertical creases where sometime folded small closed tears repaired with tissue on verso toning: a very good copy. unknown
Disponiamo dal volume 19 al 27. Parte dell'opera uscita in 30 volumi). ) volumi, In-8°, legature coeve in piena pergamena per i volumi XIX e XXVI, gli altri sono stati rilegati in piena pergamena vegetale moderna, e sono leggermente più alti essendo in barbe, tutti con titoli ai dorsi. Oltre 3000 pagine con complessivamente 87 incisioni in rame tra carte geografiche,vedute ripiegate e stampe di costume a piena pagina. Tutti i volumi proposti trattano viaggi in Asia e soprattutto in Cina e Tibet. (Qualche fioritura sparsa e altre marginali tracce del tempo, nell'insieme ottima raccolta).
191359889Cambridge: At the University Press 1913. Tall 8vo. xii 283 1 pp. including 1 pp. of publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 39 plates 5 maps 4 large folding. Blue-green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing to head & foot of spine wear to lower corners rear inner hinge just starting still VG bright copy w/ ownership markings on front pastedown removed bookplate on rear pastedown. First edition of this classic work recounting the author’s journey from Shanghai to Tibet collecting plants and specimens through Western China and southeast Asia. He discovered many species unknown in Europe and the Americas including the Tibetan Blue Poppy introduced their seeds to many botanical gardens and details such adventures as swinging across a bottomless gorge on a cable of twisted bamboo avoiding impending avalanches and more. At the University Press, hardcover
189345046ABSt. Petersburg, A. S. Suvorina, 1893. 4to. Band 1: XVIII, S. 1-304 (von 567 S.). Mit 4 Portät-Tafeln, 28 (von 38) Tafeln, 24 Textillustrationen. Band 2: XII, 437, XIX S. Mit Frontispiz. Bedruckte Orig.-Broschuren.
In-16 (mm. 170 x 100), 4 volumi, p. pelle bazzana coeva, dorso a cordoni (restaur. per piccole manc.), con decoraz. e tit. oro su due tasselli, tagli rossi. Pubblicata in 80 volumi nel formato in-16, questa celebre raccolta di viaggi è dedicata a "ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable .. dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétré: avec les moeurs des habitans, la religion, les usages, arts, sciences, commerce, manufactures, etc.. Enrichi de cartes géographiques et de figures". I volumi 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 contengono: "Description de la Tartarie Orientale et du Tibet". Sono molto ben illustrati (e completi come da Indice) da: "8 carte geografiche", più volte ripieg. (Katay - Empire de Hya - grand Tibet - Karazm, Turkestan et grande Bukkarie - petite Bukkarie - carte pour les voyages de Rubruquis, Marco Polo, ecc. - Tartarie occidentale - Tartarie orientale) e da "14 tavv. f.t.", anche ripieg., che raffigur. vedute, usi e costumi, cerimonie, ecc., tutto inc. in rame. Esemplare ben conservato.
IL NUOVO RAMUSIO. RACCOLTA DI VIAGGI, TESTI E DOCUMENTI RELATIVI AI RAPPORTI FRA L'EUROPA E L'ORIENTE. 4to, 13 voll., bross. prima edizione, tutto il pubblicato. piccola mancanza da sfregamento da scaffale al margine inferiore della sovracoperta del volume VII, piega alla sovracoperta del volume V, macchia appena percettibile alla sovracoperta del peimo tomo del volume II, altrimenti tutti i volumi in perfetto stato, con rispettive spvracoperte in pergamino (ad eccezione del volume I che ha la sovracoperta ma non il pergamino). L'opera, che comprende le relazioni ed i diari dei piu' noti viaggiatori italiani in Oriente, presentati in un testo definitivo e corredati di un commentario storico e geografico, e' cosi' composta: Vol. I - 'Liber Peregrinationis di Jacopo da Verona (1335), a cura di U. Monneret de Villard, pp. XXXII,240; Vol. II - 'I Missionari italiani nel Tibet e nel Nepal (XVIII secolo)' suddiviso in 7 parti: Parti I-II-III-IV: 'I Capuccini Marchigiani', a cura di L. Petech, pp. CXX,224; VIII,274; VIII,366; X,284; con tavv. Parti V-VI-VII: 'Ippolito Desideri S.I.', a cura di L. Petech, pp. XXXVI,252; X,354; VIII,318. Vol. III - 'Il libro dei conti di Giacomo Badoer (Costantinopoli 1436-40)', testo a cura di U. Dorini e T. Bertele', pp. XVI,858, con 5 tavv. di facsimili. Vol. IV - 'Viaggi di C. Federici e G. Balbi alle Indie Orientali (XVI secolo)', a cura di O. Pinto, pp. XLIV,438, con 5 tavv. Vol. V - 'Le navigazioni atlantiche del veneziano Alvise da Mosto (1455-56) - La navigazione del portoghese Pedro de Cintra (1462)', a cura di R. Gasparrini Leporace, pp. XXIV,356, con 4 tavv. Vol. VI - 'I viaggi di Pietro della Valle. Lettere dalla Persia.' Vol. VII - 'I viaggi in Persia degli ambasciatori veneti Barbaro e Contarini.' Bella ediz. su carta a mano di Pescia in tirat. di 900 esempl. num. Il ns., intonso, e' in ottimo stato, come nuovo. Come nell'opera del grande Ramusio, trovano posto nell'attuale collezione scritti di alcuni fra i maggiori viaggiatori europei. Ogni volume e' preceduto da un'introduzione critica sulla vita e le opere dell'autore; l'edizione critica del testo e' seguita da ampi commenti, nella quale sono utilizzate le fonti occidentali e specialmente orientali che completano le notizie fornite dalle relazioni-La Libreria dello Stato. Roma. 1950-1956 . 1st edition. 13 volumes in 4to, all ever published. A very crisp as new set. international customers please inquire on shipping.
22817Seal 7 October 1835; letter Woodford 4 February 1843. About 2 x 5 inches neatly laid down with a 2 page letter by Vigne in fine condition. Godfrey Thomas Vigne 1801 1863 English traveller author of A Personal Narrative of a Visit to Ghuzni Kabul and Afghanistan and of a Residence at the Court of Dost Mohamed: with Notices of Runjit Sing Khiva and the Russian Expedition. In the RGS Journal Vigne contributed Outline of a Route Through the Panj-áb Kábul Kashmír and into Little Tibet in the Years 1834-8. In his letter Vigned writes of the autograph: It was written in my presence and at my request by Ahmed Shah King or Gylfo of Little Tibet upon my taking leave of him to return to Kashmir & the Panjab after my first visit to him I so I believe having been the 1st European that had ever penetrated into that country Little Tibet. unknown
140946550Sante Fe NM: Clear Light Publishers 1989. Revised Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Revised edition. Signed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso on the title page. viii 88 pp. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth affect lettered in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with slight wear at extremities and previous gift inscription on front free end paper. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with small closed tears to edges light scuffing and security sticker adhered to spine panel at verso. The Dalai Lama's collection of spiritual wisdom surrounding compassion kindness and love. Clear Light Publishers unknown
In 4° grande (26,9x19,3 cm); VI volumi in 7 tomi: 211, (1), IV pp. e 124 c. di tav. molte più volte ripiegate, (4), 169, (3) pp. e 59 c. di tav. fuori testo delle quali varie più volte ripiegate, (4), 157, (9, delle quali le ultime sei bianche) pp. e 26 c. di tav. fuori testo delle quali varie più volte ripiegate, 238, (6 b.) pp. e 54 c. di tav. molte più volte ripiegate, 304, VII, (7 b.) pp. e 93 c. di tav. delle quali varie più volte ripiegate, 240 pp., 60 c. di tav. delle quali varie più volte ripiegate. 415 tavole fuori testo con più di 600 immagini. L’opera vede esemplari con un numero di stampe diverso che vanno da 335 a 428. Legature coeve in mezza pelle con titolo e fregi in oro al dorso e piatti foderati con carta marmorizzata coeva. Gli ultimi due volume, usciti nel 1819 che assieme costituiscono il tomo VI, presentano una legatura in mezza pelle scura. Qualche strofinatura, qualche leggero difetto ma nel complesso in buone condizioni di conservazione. All’interno, un alone al margine basso delle ultime 11 carte che lede la consistenza della carta nelle ultime sei pagine, abilmente restaurate ma che nelle ultime due carte, contenenti le “Table des matiers et des gravures” ha provocato la perdita di alcune parole. 6 carte con uno lieve strappo ma senza perdita di carte e a parte il difetto alla fine del primo volum e, esemplare in buone condizioni di conservazione. Le bellissime tavole sono stampate su carta di ottima qualità. L'autore delle incisioni (Paris 1673- Amsterdam 1733) , di scuola francese, dopo il suo trasferimento in Olanda, ne assimilò il gusto e lo spirito, diventando uno dei massimi rappresentanti dell'incisione olandese dell'epoca (v. Benezit). Tome 1 & 2: Peuples Idolatres. Tome 3: Des Grecs et des Protestants. Tome 4: Religion, moeurs et idolatries des Musulmans. Tome 5: Juifs, chretiens, catholiques et romains. Tome 6: Conformite des ceremonies. Fra le tavole si trovano immagini delle indie orientali, siam, manichei Pegu, Parsi, Tibet e religione buddista, Ceylon, Molucche, Giava, Tonchino, Cocincina, Cambogia, Cina, Giappone, Corea, Lapponia, Africa, America (baia di Hudson, Mississipi, Canada, Virginia, Florida), Caraibi, Messico, America centrale (precolombiani, Maya, Aztechi, con i paesi Messico, Nicaragua, Panama, Nuova Granada, Nuova Andalusia, Orinoco, Brasile, Perù, Inca), Mari del Sud, Tahiti, Società, Sandwich, Pasqua, N. Zelanda, Patagonia, Pelew, Kuci, Tipra, massoneria. Rif. Bibl.: abin 4933 note. Wolfsteig 33381. Flesch 163 note. Kloss 3800. This edition not in Hiler, Lipperheide, Lewine, Cohen-de-Ricci.
1711PHO-1634Amsterdam, chez Paul Marret, 1711, 2 tomes en 1 volume in-2 (15,5x 10 cm), 320 pp. et 358 pp., illustré de 2 frontispices et 4 planches dépliantes dont 3 cartes, titre rouge et noir, relié plein maroquin, dos orné avec titre, lieu et date, triples filets aux plats, filets aux coupes, dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées, ex-libris en page de garde (Elzear Pin, homme politique)
