1932 An Account of Tibet the Travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia, S.J. 1712-1727

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition.

A fascinating account of the travels of Ippolito Desideri in 1712-1727, a period during which he explored Tibet.

Desideri is the most famous of the early European missionaries to Tibet, and is the first documented European to have successful studies and understood the Tibetan language and culture.

Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, one folding map, and sixteen plates.

Collated, complete.

Edited by Filippo de Filippi, with an introduction by C. Wessels. 

Part of the series 'The Broadway Travellers', edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power.

Eight pages of adverts to the rear.