561
Samuel Turner
Teshoo lama in Tibet. 1806
Estimate:
€ 400 / $ 440 Sold:
€ 864 / $ 950 (incl. surcharge)
Cf. Henze V, 361; Howgego T 74; Cox I, 346 (First edition 1800) and Griep/Luber 1411 (German edition). - "Bericht über die zweite englische Gesandschaft nach Tibet im Jahr 1783. Turner reiste von Kalkutta durch Bhutan nach Tibet und zurück nach Indien. Er schildert in dieser ersten englichen Beschreibung von Tibet seine Beobachtungen von Land und Leuten bemerkenswert vorurteilsfrei." [transl.:"Report about the second English legation to Tibet in 1783. Turner travelled from Kolkata through Bhutan to Tibet and back to India. This book with descriptions of Tibet and its people, the first of its kind in English, is remarkably open-minded."] (Griep/L.) - "This is without comparison the most valuable work that has yet appeared on Thibet" (Cox). - Slightly browned in places and foxed, map with 2 small marginal tears. Binding scraped and bumped. Fine broad-margined copy. - Engr. ex-libris John Spencer Stanhope (1787-1873).
561
Samuel Turner
Teshoo lama in Tibet. 1806
Estimate:
€ 400 / $ 440 Sold:
€ 864 / $ 950 (incl. surcharge)