C. Wessels: Early Jesuit Travellers in Central Asia 1603-1721, Whangarei in Whangarei, Northland for sale

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Ex-library (Bibliothek Aloisiuskoneg). Some library stamps and markings, including paper label at tail of spine and rubber stamps on the title page. Some creasing and bruising to lower corner of front board. ; Uncommon. xvi, 344 pages + frontispiece + 4 plates + large folding map at rear. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamp on front board. Page dimensions: 247 x 162mm. Top page edges gilt. Some leaves unopened at fore edges. A detailed study of the Jesuit travellers and their missions to Central Asia, including Tibet, in the 17th and 18th centuries. Includes chapters on Bento de Goes (1602-1607); Antonio de Andrade (1624); The Tsaparang Mission (1625-1640); Hippolyte Desideri (1714-1722). The main body of the text is in English. The appendices contain accounts and letters by some of the missionaries in the Portugese and Latin languages. Includes a 7 page list of works referred to."To many generations of geographers Central Asia, especially Tibet, was the land of mystery and darkness, isolated by nature and by man, in whose midst lay the sacred city of Lhasa, even more mysterious and unapproachable than Mecca or Kerbela [. . .]"- from the Preface. The plates are facing pages 190, 274 (2 plates) and 276. ; 4to
Author
C. Wessels
Title
Early Jesuit Travellers in Central Asia 1603-1721
Publisher name
Martinus Nijoff, The Hague
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1924
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Very good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d