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Author: Hedin, Sven
Title: Central Asia And Tibet Towards The Holy City Of Lassa
Place Published: London
Publisher:Hurst and Blackett
Date Published: 1903
Description:

2 volumes. xvii, [3], 608; xiv, 664 pp. With 420 illustrations from drawings and photographs, eight full page colored illustrations from paintings, and five maps, mostly by the author. (4to) original maroon cloth with gilt stamped title and cover designs, gilt stamped spines, top edges gilt. First Edition.

Sven Anders Hedin was a Swedish explorer and geographer. In 1885, he went to Persia as a tutor and was attached to a Swedish-Norwegian embassy to the Shah in 1890. He made many journeys into uncharted areas, particularly in the Himalayas (1893-1898), the Gobi Desert, and Tibet. His accounts contain much information on the local peoples' way of life and numerous black-and-white photo plates, taken by Hedin, as well as reproductions of some of his sketches. With the armorial bookplate of George A.P.H. Duncan

Condition

Light wear to cloth with rubbing to extremities, some fading and discoloration to spines; map at rear of volume 2 detached but present, with tear at margin not affecting actual map, vol.2 rear hinge cracked, edge wear to map at rear, scattered light foxing; very good.

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