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	ACTON, SIR HAROLD ET AL Bernard Berenson Collection of Oriental Art at Villa I Tatti (The) New York, Hudson Hills. 1991. (ISBN: 1555950604) Cloth-, 31 x 24 Cms. 112 pages - in English - 27 colorplates and 54 b/w illustrations - a comprehensive catalogue of the masterpieces of ancient art from China, Japan, Burma, Cambodia, Java, Thailand and Tibet which were assembled by distinguished American art historian Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) and which are housed in the Villa I Tati near Florence, Italy - essays by Walter Kasier, John M. Rosenfeld and Sir Harold Acton - catalogue - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 78.56 \| £UK 47.25 \| JP¥ 6986] Book number: 006263 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ATIL, ESIN ET AL Voyages and Visions - Nineteenth-Century European Images of the Middle East from the Victoria and Albert Museum Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution. 1995. (ISBN: 0295974907) hardcover-, 30 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in English - 82 color plates, 5 duotone illustrations and a map - published to coincide with the 1995 travelling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution and the Victoria and Albert Museum of 82 watercolors and drawings of the Middle East by some sixty 19th Century artists selected from the Searwright collection in London - essays by five specialists on the 19th Century Ottoman world, the Middle East observed, the artists and more - biblio. and index of artists. new-/New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 006378 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BAKER, IAN A. Dalai Lama's Secret Temple (The) London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2000. (ISBN: 0500510032) Cloth-, 33 x 25 Cms. 216 pages - in English - 188 illustrations, incl. 150 in color - photography by Thomas Laird - 17th Century mysterious paintings on the walls of the former private retrat of the Dalai Lamas on an island in a sacred pond behind Tibet's Potala Palace - Tenzin Gyatso on the 14th Dalai Lama - the jewel in the lake, the rise of the Dalai Lamas, and, the vision of Buddhist art - the North wall: the quest for enlightenment, the West wall: the path of liberation, and, the East wall: masters of compassion - sources, biblio. and glossary. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 108.02 \| £UK 65 \| JP¥ 9606] Book number: 007505 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BEHRENDT, KURT A. Art of Gandhara in the Metreopolitan Museum of Art (The) New Haven, US, Yale University Press. 2007. (ISBN: 9780300120271) wrappers-, 28 x 22 cms. 116 pages - in English - 115 illustrations, incl. 90 in color and a map - the assistant curator in the depatment of Asian Art in New York's Metroplitan Museum describes his museum's collection of art from Gandhara, a region at the foot of the Himalayas which saw invasions of Greeks, Parthians, Kushans and others and whose statues represent high points of Buddhist art - chronology and map of greater Kandhara - cultural history, foreign styles, urban tastes, early Buddhism in Kandhara, reliquaries, narrative relief panels, the emergence of devotional Bodhisattva sculptures and late Buddhist art in greater Kandhara - glossary, biblio. and index. new-. CHF 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.75 US$ 44.19 \| £UK 26.5 \| JP¥ 3930] Book number: 006312 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ Story of Mahajanaka (The) Bangkok, Thailand, Amarin. 1996, first edition-. (ISBN: 9748363902) , 28.5 x 28.5 cms. Square. in a gilt-embossed red leather box which includes a silver-plated medallion in a gilt-embossed red leather box featuring the Thai king's portrait on one side and a mythical scene on the other - includes a 60 cms. 3-color bookmark - 130 pages - in Thai and English - published to coincide with the golden jubilee of the reign of Thailand's Bumibol Adulyadej (b.1927) - 40 color plates, incl. 5 triple-page and 11 double-page panoramas - his majesty's re-telling of a sacred Buddhist text, featuring fine artwork by 10 contemporary Thai artists. New-. CHF 1000.00 [Appr.: EURO 660.25 US$ 982 \| £UK 588.75 \| JP¥ 87331] Book number: 008089 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BUTOR, MICHEL/NARANG, NOUTH Angkor Silencieux Paris, France, Sous Le Vent. 1988. (ISBN: 2858890464) , 33 x 25 Cms. small tears along d.j. spine ends - 158 pages - in French - 2 duotone plates, over 100 color illustrations and dozens of b/w figs. and several layouts - photos by Philippe Gras - the former capital of 9th to 15th Century Khmer royalty described, for the first time in print, by a Khmer scholar - intro. text by Michel Butor. As New -/Fine. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 004739 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CAMBON, PIERRE/U-FAN, LEE Nostalgies Coreenes - Peintures et Paravents Du XVIIe Au XIXe Siecle Paris, France, Guimet. 2001. (ISBN: 2711843076) Wrappers-, 28 x 22.5 Cms. 218 pages - in French - around 200 color illustrations and a b/w map - published to coincide with the 2001 showing at the Guimet Museum of Asian Arts in Paris, France, of 17th to 19th Century Korean paintings and screens from the Lee U-Fan Collection - essays - catalogue - chronology, biblio. and exhibition catalogues. New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 006264 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CAPELLE, FRANCOISE Luang Prabang - La Cite Du Bouddha d'Or et Du Flamboyant Paris, France, Thalia. 2006. (ISBN: 2352780179) Wrappers-, 19 x 19 cms. square-. inner covers feature maps of Laos and Luang Prabang - 256 pages - in French - around 300 mostly color illustrations - a history and description of the art, architecture, monasteries and crafts of the ancient city of Luang Prabang, founded in 1353 as the capital of the Land of a Million Elephants and the White Parasol and which lasted until the early 18th Century - genealogy of Luang Prabang's royalty, chronology, glossary and bibliography. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 008747 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHAKRABONGSE, NARISA ET AL Siam in Trade and War - Royal Maps of the Nineteenth Century Bangkok, Thailand, River Books. 2006. (ISBN: 9749863267) Paperback, 28 Cm X 24 Cm. 88 pages - in English - over 150 color illustrations, - Siamese history and geopolitics - reign of the Chakri dynasty - maritime trade, warfare and weaponry - Chinese export porcelain - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.75 US$ 44.19 \| £UK 26.5 \| JP¥ 3930] Book number: 006290 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHUVIN, PIERRE Arts De l'Asie Centrale (Les) Paris, France, Citadelles and Mazenod. 1999. (ISBN: 2850880744) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 618 pages - in French - 837 b/w and color repros. incl. many color plates - in this volume of the lush Mazenod arts collection, a dozen specialists describe thousands of years of art in the lands visited by Alexander the Great and Marco Polo, from the Arab conquest to the Mongol invasion - Kushian, Parthian, Turkmenistan, Tibetan and Mongolian, among others - objects, decorations, Islamic architecture, textiles, sculptures, carvings, pottery, metalwork and murals - section on principal sites, maps, glossary, chronology, bibiography and index. New -/New -. CHF 323.00 [Appr.: EURO 213.25 US$ 317.19 \| £UK 190.25 \| JP¥ 28208] Book number: 002066 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COCO, CARLA Harem - L'Orient Amoureux Paris, France, Place Des Victoires. 2002. (ISBN: 284459042X) Hardbound, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 192 pages - in French - over 150 color and b/w illustrations - translated from the Italian by Reto Morgenthaler - descriptions of the centuries which existed a closed world of Turkish harems - the slaves, eunuchs, intrigues, voluptiousness and eventual empowerment of harem women - bibliography and glossary. New -/New -. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 002235 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CONWAY, SUSAN Shan (The) - Culture, Art and Crafts Bangkok, Thailand, River Books. 2006. (ISBN: 9749863062) Gilt Embossed Cloth, 29.5 x 22.5 cms. 212 pages - in English - around 300 color and duotone illustrations - the author of this work interviewed many craftsmen and others to describe the arts and crafts of the Shan people of inland Southeast Asia who ruled the region from the 13th to the middle of the 20th Century - Buddhist mural paintings, textiles, furniture, lacquerware, silverware and basketry - conclusion - Shan genealogies - list of plant dyes - list of Shan states - glossary - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 98.2 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8733] Book number: 006298 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CONWAY, SUSAN Silken Threads and Lacquer Thrones - Lan Na Court Textiles Bangkok, Thailand, River Books. 2002. (ISBN: 9748225658) Gold-Embossed Red Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 282 pages - in English - around 500 color and duotone illustrations - 19th Century dresses and textiles from the court workshops of the inland Southeast Asia Lan Na culture, influenced by neighboring Thailand, Burma and Laos and featuring indigineous silk and cotton, Chinese silk, Burmese and Shan fabrics, rich embroideries and sumptuous trimmings used to create ceremonial court dress - textile expert and professor of Southeast Asian design Susan Conway describes the hidden Lan Na culture, the Muang people, Lan Na court dress 1781-1871, power dressing 1871-1919, textile design, 19th Century trade, craft workers at the court and more - family tree of the royal families of Lan Na, bibliography & archives, glossary and index. New -/New -. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 98.2 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8733] Book number: 004665 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DUPAIGNE, BERNARD Asie Nomade Paris, France, Hazan. 2000. (ISBN: 2850257389) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 150 pages - in French - beautifully illustrated by numerous color photographs by Kevin Kling - the ethnologist and the photographer describe the mobile dwellings, religions and social habits of the nomads from China to Turkistan. New -/New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 55.97 \| £UK 33.75 \| JP¥ 4978] Book number: 000496 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FAHR-BECKER GABRIELE ET AL Arts De l'Asie Orientale (Les) Cologne, Germany, Konemann. 1999. (ISBN: 382901743X) cloth in a slipcase-, 33 x 28 cms. 2 vols. 812 pages - over 2,000 color illustrations - a lavishly illustrated description of the arts of southeast Asia and the Far East - vol.1 describes the arts of China, calligraphy, jade, Indonesia, the kingdoms of Champa, a glossary of ideograms and bibliography - vol.2 describes the arts of the Khmers, Thailand, Laos, Burma and Vietnam; southeast Asian textiles; Japanese painting, prints, ceramics, sculpture, architecture, gardens, popular art and traditonal arts and crafts; biblio. glossary and index. Weight: 7 kilograms (16 lbs.). New-/New-. CHF 180.00 [Appr.: EURO 119 US$ 176.76 \| £UK 106 \| JP¥ 15720] Book number: 007911 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GORSHENINA, SVETLANA Route De Samarcande (La) Geneva, Switzerland, Olizane. 2000. (ISBN: 2880862558) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 245 pages - in French (translated from Russian) - foreword by Pierre Chuvin - a rich photographic (1880-1930) album - Over 100 photographs, some 20 photographs by Ella Maillart (portraits, landscapes, markets, etc.) taken from public and private collections in France and Switzerland - this books is at the same time a journal, tourist guide and monography on the history of the discovery of the Orient - an interesting dialogue between the cultures of Europe and Asia - maps, bibliography, index. New -. CHF 62.00 [Appr.: EURO 41 US$ 60.88 \| £UK 36.75 \| JP¥ 5415] Book number: 000902 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HELLER, AMY Early Himalayan Art Oxford, England, Ashmolean Museum. 2008. (ISBN: 1854442090) softcover-, 26.5 x 19.5 cms. 176 pages - in English - 62 color plates and 23 color illustrations - a presentation of the collection of early Himalayan art (A.D. 700-1400) in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford University, featuring many metal and other images of the Buddha - Tracing the Development of Early Himalayan Art, intro.and comments by Tibetan art specialist Amy Heller - catalogue - bibliography. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.28 \| £UK 23.75 \| JP¥ 3493] Book number: 008665 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HILLENBRAND, ROBERT ET AL Asian Art - the Second Hali Annual London, England, Worldwide Hali Publications. 1995. (ISBN: 1898113157) Cloth-, 32 x 23.5 cms. 224 pages - in English - over 250 mostly color illustrations - the 2nd in the Hali annual series addressed to connaisseurs, collectors, scholars and dealers, this work features essays by 10 noted specialists on Asian architecture, carpets, textiles, costume, painting, ceramics and metalwork - notes, biblio. and glossaries. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 108.02 \| £UK 65 \| JP¥ 9606] Book number: 006904 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HILLENBRAND, ROBERT ET AL Silk & Stone -The Art of Asia London, England, Hali. 1996. (ISBN: 1898113203) Cloth-, 32 x 23.5 cms. 224 pages - in English - over 300 mostly color illustrations - the bookmark - the 3rd Hali annual addressed to connaisseurs, dealers, scholars and aficionados, this work features texts by 13 specialists on Islamic architecture of the central Indian plateau, the royal murals of Rajasthan, Sa'adi's Gulistan, Farabgi Saz Safavid painting, Chinese lacquer & Islamic design, Angkor period Ramayana Khmer bas-reliefs, Indonesian gold, Mughal "red-ground grotesque" carpets, textiles in the Japanese tea ceremony, 7th to 8th Century textiles in the Shoshoin, silk of the northern song, Chinese jade and more - biblio. and authors. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.25 US$ 117.84 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10480] Book number: 006914 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HTUN, HLA TIN Old Myanmar Paintings in the Collection of u Win Bangkok, Thailand, Thavibu Gallery. 2006. (ISBN: 9749931823) , 26.5 x 26.5 cms. Square. gilt-embossed pictorial hardcover - 104 pages - in English - around 100 color illustrations, mostly plates - 53 major late 19th and 20th Century Burmese painters from the collection of U Win (b.1929), the Nobel prize-winning Burmese disident journalist - the illustrations are acompanied by bios. of the artists - The Evolution of Myanmar Painting, essay by Hla Tin Win, U Win's son. New-/new-. CHF 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.47 \| £UK 50.25 \| JP¥ 7423] Book number: 005885 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	JACQUES, CLAUDE/LAFOND, PHILLIPE Khmer Empire (The) Bangkok, Thailand, River Books. 2007. (ISBN: 9749863305) Gilt-Embossed Cloth, 30.5 x 25.5 cms. 280 pages - in English - over 300 mostly color photographs - photographs by Philippe Lafond - following the success of "Angkor - Cities and Temples", a longtime, distinguished scholar of ancient Cambodian culture and epigraphist describes the glory days of the Khmer Empire, from the 5th to the 13th Century - intro.: Country & People - Funan: A Major Early Southeast Asian State - The Dawning of Khmer History: Zhenla - The Beginning Of The Khmer Empire And The Koh Ker Episode - The 11th Century: Preah Vihear, Phnom Chisor, Ta Muen And Muang Tam - Masters Of Iron And Fire: Preah Khan Of Kompong Svay - The Golden Age Of Khmer Architecture: The Angkor Wat Period - Bayon Art And Architecture Beyond Angkor - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.25 US$ 117.84 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10480] Book number: 005719 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	JULIANO, ANNETTE L. / LERNER, JUDITH A. ET AL. Monks and Merchants, Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China New-York, USA, Harry N. Abrams Inc. 2001. (ISBN: 0810934787) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Thick. 352 pages - text in English - catalog of the exhibition held at the Asia Society Museum in New-York and at the Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach, Florida - stunning works of art in gold, silver, glass, clay and stone, many recently excavated and virtually unknown in the west are presented here, all coming from the a pivotal epoch in Chinese history, the tulmultuous centuries between China's two great empires, the Han and the Tang (618-906) - color photographs of the objects coming from the northwest region of China, a geographical corridor to China's heartland for foreign traders and missionaries traveling the Silk Road - written contributions by Annette L. Juliano, Judith A. Lerner, Michael Alram, Chen Bingying, Albert E. Dien, Luo Feng and Boris I. Marshak - glossary, bibliography and index. New -/New -. CHF 82.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.25 US$ 80.52 \| £UK 48.5 \| JP¥ 7161] Book number: 001102 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MCARTHUR, MEHER Arts of Asia (the) - Materials, Techniques, Styles London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2005. (ISBN: 0500238235) Cloth-, 26 x 23 Cms. 256 pages - in English - 435 color illustrations - a description of some of the most beautiful materials used in creating Asian art and the techniques used to create masterpieces, by the curator of Asian Art at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California - jade, silk, porcelain, lacquer, ivory, bamboo, paper, gold, wood and stone - biblio. museums, buying Asian art and index. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 006285 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MCGILL, FORREST ET AL Kingdom of Siam (the)- The Art of Central Thailand, 1350-1800 Ghent, Belgium, Snoeck. 2004. (ISBN: 9053495282) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 199 pages - in English - 216 illustrations in color - Published to coincide with the 2005 showing at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts - The book is gathering eighty-nine of the finest surviving works from Ayutthaya (ancient name of the Kingdom) drawn from collections in Thailand, Europe and the United States - Stone and bronze Buddha , sculptures of Hindu deities, figural and decorative wood carvings, temple furnishings, illuminated manuscripts, jewelry and textiles - Essays by leading scholars including Forrest Mc Gill, Dhiravat na Pombejra, Hiram Woodward and Santi Leksukhum - List of Kings of Ayutthaya and Thonburi and the early kings of Bangkok - Bibliography - Index. New -. CHF 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 US$ 54.01 \| £UK 32.5 \| JP¥ 4803] Book number: 004642 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MIKSIC, JOHN Borobudur - Golden Tales of the Buddhas London, England, Bamboo. 1990. (ISBN: 187007615X) Cloth, 26 x 28 cms. Oblong. 160 pages - in English - over 80 color illustrations - the history, archeology, architecture, symbolism and reliefs of the 9th Century Buddhist monument in central Java, the largest such in the world - notes, biblio. and index. As New -/As New -. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 004295 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.

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	ACTON, SIR HAROLD ET AL Bernard Berenson Collection of Oriental Art at Villa I Tatti (The) New York, Hudson Hills. 1991. (ISBN: 1555950604) Cloth-, 31 x 24 Cms. 112 pages - in English - 27 colorplates and 54 b/w illustrations - a comprehensive catalogue of the masterpieces of ancient art from China, Japan, Burma, Cambodia, Java, Thailand and Tibet which were assembled by distinguished American art historian Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) and which are housed in the Villa I Tati near Florence, Italy - essays by Walter Kasier, John M. Rosenfeld and Sir Harold Acton - catalogue - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 78.56 \| £UK 47.25 \| JP¥ 6986] Book number: 006263 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ATIL, ESIN ET AL Voyages and Visions - Nineteenth-Century European Images of the Middle East from the Victoria and Albert Museum Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution. 1995. (ISBN: 0295974907) hardcover-, 30 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in English - 82 color plates, 5 duotone illustrations and a map - published to coincide with the 1995 travelling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution and the Victoria and Albert Museum of 82 watercolors and drawings of the Middle East by some sixty 19th Century artists selected from the Searwright collection in London - essays by five specialists on the 19th Century Ottoman world, the Middle East observed, the artists and more - biblio. and index of artists. new-/New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 006378 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BAKER, IAN A. Dalai Lama's Secret Temple (The) London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2000. (ISBN: 0500510032) Cloth-, 33 x 25 Cms. 216 pages - in English - 188 illustrations, incl. 150 in color - photography by Thomas Laird - 17th Century mysterious paintings on the walls of the former private retrat of the Dalai Lamas on an island in a sacred pond behind Tibet's Potala Palace - Tenzin Gyatso on the 14th Dalai Lama - the jewel in the lake, the rise of the Dalai Lamas, and, the vision of Buddhist art - the North wall: the quest for enlightenment, the West wall: the path of liberation, and, the East wall: masters of compassion - sources, biblio. and glossary. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 108.02 \| £UK 65 \| JP¥ 9606] Book number: 007505 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BEHRENDT, KURT A. Art of Gandhara in the Metreopolitan Museum of Art (The) New Haven, US, Yale University Press. 2007. (ISBN: 9780300120271) wrappers-, 28 x 22 cms. 116 pages - in English - 115 illustrations, incl. 90 in color and a map - the assistant curator in the depatment of Asian Art in New York's Metroplitan Museum describes his museum's collection of art from Gandhara, a region at the foot of the Himalayas which saw invasions of Greeks, Parthians, Kushans and others and whose statues represent high points of Buddhist art - chronology and map of greater Kandhara - cultural history, foreign styles, urban tastes, early Buddhism in Kandhara, reliquaries, narrative relief panels, the emergence of devotional Bodhisattva sculptures and late Buddhist art in greater Kandhara - glossary, biblio. and index. new-. CHF 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.75 US$ 44.19 \| £UK 26.5 \| JP¥ 3930] Book number: 006312 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ Story of Mahajanaka (The) Bangkok, Thailand, Amarin. 1996, first edition-. (ISBN: 9748363902) , 28.5 x 28.5 cms. Square. in a gilt-embossed red leather box which includes a silver-plated medallion in a gilt-embossed red leather box featuring the Thai king's portrait on one side and a mythical scene on the other - includes a 60 cms. 3-color bookmark - 130 pages - in Thai and English - published to coincide with the golden jubilee of the reign of Thailand's Bumibol Adulyadej (b.1927) - 40 color plates, incl. 5 triple-page and 11 double-page panoramas - his majesty's re-telling of a sacred Buddhist text, featuring fine artwork by 10 contemporary Thai artists. New-. CHF 1000.00 [Appr.: EURO 660.25 US$ 982 \| £UK 588.75 \| JP¥ 87331] Book number: 008089 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BUTOR, MICHEL/NARANG, NOUTH Angkor Silencieux Paris, France, Sous Le Vent. 1988. (ISBN: 2858890464) , 33 x 25 Cms. small tears along d.j. spine ends - 158 pages - in French - 2 duotone plates, over 100 color illustrations and dozens of b/w figs. and several layouts - photos by Philippe Gras - the former capital of 9th to 15th Century Khmer royalty described, for the first time in print, by a Khmer scholar - intro. text by Michel Butor. As New -/Fine. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 004739 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CAMBON, PIERRE/U-FAN, LEE Nostalgies Coreenes - Peintures et Paravents Du XVIIe Au XIXe Siecle Paris, France, Guimet. 2001. (ISBN: 2711843076) Wrappers-, 28 x 22.5 Cms. 218 pages - in French - around 200 color illustrations and a b/w map - published to coincide with the 2001 showing at the Guimet Museum of Asian Arts in Paris, France, of 17th to 19th Century Korean paintings and screens from the Lee U-Fan Collection - essays - catalogue - chronology, biblio. and exhibition catalogues. New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 006264 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CAPELLE, FRANCOISE Luang Prabang - La Cite Du Bouddha d'Or et Du Flamboyant Paris, France, Thalia. 2006. (ISBN: 2352780179) Wrappers-, 19 x 19 cms. square-. inner covers feature maps of Laos and Luang Prabang - 256 pages - in French - around 300 mostly color illustrations - a history and description of the art, architecture, monasteries and crafts of the ancient city of Luang Prabang, founded in 1353 as the capital of the Land of a Million Elephants and the White Parasol and which lasted until the early 18th Century - genealogy of Luang Prabang's royalty, chronology, glossary and bibliography. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 008747 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHAKRABONGSE, NARISA ET AL Siam in Trade and War - Royal Maps of the Nineteenth Century Bangkok, Thailand, River Books. 2006. (ISBN: 9749863267) Paperback, 28 Cm X 24 Cm. 88 pages - in English - over 150 color illustrations, - Siamese history and geopolitics - reign of the Chakri dynasty - maritime trade, warfare and weaponry - Chinese export porcelain - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.75 US$ 44.19 \| £UK 26.5 \| JP¥ 3930] Book number: 006290 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHUVIN, PIERRE Arts De l'Asie Centrale (Les) Paris, France, Citadelles and Mazenod. 1999. (ISBN: 2850880744) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 618 pages - in French - 837 b/w and color repros. incl. many color plates - in this volume of the lush Mazenod arts collection, a dozen specialists describe thousands of years of art in the lands visited by Alexander the Great and Marco Polo, from the Arab conquest to the Mongol invasion - Kushian, Parthian, Turkmenistan, Tibetan and Mongolian, among others - objects, decorations, Islamic architecture, textiles, sculptures, carvings, pottery, metalwork and murals - section on principal sites, maps, glossary, chronology, bibiography and index. New -/New -. CHF 323.00 [Appr.: EURO 213.25 US$ 317.19 \| £UK 190.25 \| JP¥ 28208] Book number: 002066 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COCO, CARLA Harem - L'Orient Amoureux Paris, France, Place Des Victoires. 2002. (ISBN: 284459042X) Hardbound, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 192 pages - in French - over 150 color and b/w illustrations - translated from the Italian by Reto Morgenthaler - descriptions of the centuries which existed a closed world of Turkish harems - the slaves, eunuchs, intrigues, voluptiousness and eventual empowerment of harem women - bibliography and glossary. New -/New -. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 002235 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CONWAY, SUSAN Shan (The) - Culture, Art and Crafts Bangkok, Thailand, River Books. 2006. (ISBN: 9749863062) Gilt Embossed Cloth, 29.5 x 22.5 cms. 212 pages - in English - around 300 color and duotone illustrations - the author of this work interviewed many craftsmen and others to describe the arts and crafts of the Shan people of inland Southeast Asia who ruled the region from the 13th to the middle of the 20th Century - Buddhist mural paintings, textiles, furniture, lacquerware, silverware and basketry - conclusion - Shan genealogies - list of plant dyes - list of Shan states - glossary - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 98.2 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8733] Book number: 006298 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CONWAY, SUSAN Silken Threads and Lacquer Thrones - Lan Na Court Textiles Bangkok, Thailand, River Books. 2002. (ISBN: 9748225658) Gold-Embossed Red Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 282 pages - in English - around 500 color and duotone illustrations - 19th Century dresses and textiles from the court workshops of the inland Southeast Asia Lan Na culture, influenced by neighboring Thailand, Burma and Laos and featuring indigineous silk and cotton, Chinese silk, Burmese and Shan fabrics, rich embroideries and sumptuous trimmings used to create ceremonial court dress - textile expert and professor of Southeast Asian design Susan Conway describes the hidden Lan Na culture, the Muang people, Lan Na court dress 1781-1871, power dressing 1871-1919, textile design, 19th Century trade, craft workers at the court and more - family tree of the royal families of Lan Na, bibliography & archives, glossary and index. New -/New -. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 98.2 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8733] Book number: 004665 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DUPAIGNE, BERNARD Asie Nomade Paris, France, Hazan. 2000. (ISBN: 2850257389) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 150 pages - in French - beautifully illustrated by numerous color photographs by Kevin Kling - the ethnologist and the photographer describe the mobile dwellings, religions and social habits of the nomads from China to Turkistan. New -/New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 55.97 \| £UK 33.75 \| JP¥ 4978] Book number: 000496 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FAHR-BECKER GABRIELE ET AL Arts De l'Asie Orientale (Les) Cologne, Germany, Konemann. 1999. (ISBN: 382901743X) cloth in a slipcase-, 33 x 28 cms. 2 vols. 812 pages - over 2,000 color illustrations - a lavishly illustrated description of the arts of southeast Asia and the Far East - vol.1 describes the arts of China, calligraphy, jade, Indonesia, the kingdoms of Champa, a glossary of ideograms and bibliography - vol.2 describes the arts of the Khmers, Thailand, Laos, Burma and Vietnam; southeast Asian textiles; Japanese painting, prints, ceramics, sculpture, architecture, gardens, popular art and traditonal arts and crafts; biblio. glossary and index. Weight: 7 kilograms (16 lbs.). New-/New-. CHF 180.00 [Appr.: EURO 119 US$ 176.76 \| £UK 106 \| JP¥ 15720] Book number: 007911 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GORSHENINA, SVETLANA Route De Samarcande (La) Geneva, Switzerland, Olizane. 2000. (ISBN: 2880862558) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 245 pages - in French (translated from Russian) - foreword by Pierre Chuvin - a rich photographic (1880-1930) album - Over 100 photographs, some 20 photographs by Ella Maillart (portraits, landscapes, markets, etc.) taken from public and private collections in France and Switzerland - this books is at the same time a journal, tourist guide and monography on the history of the discovery of the Orient - an interesting dialogue between the cultures of Europe and Asia - maps, bibliography, index. New -. CHF 62.00 [Appr.: EURO 41 US$ 60.88 \| £UK 36.75 \| JP¥ 5415] Book number: 000902 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HELLER, AMY Early Himalayan Art Oxford, England, Ashmolean Museum. 2008. (ISBN: 1854442090) softcover-, 26.5 x 19.5 cms. 176 pages - in English - 62 color plates and 23 color illustrations - a presentation of the collection of early Himalayan art (A.D. 700-1400) in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford University, featuring many metal and other images of the Buddha - Tracing the Development of Early Himalayan Art, intro.and comments by Tibetan art specialist Amy Heller - catalogue - bibliography. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.28 \| £UK 23.75 \| JP¥ 3493] Book number: 008665 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HILLENBRAND, ROBERT ET AL Asian Art - the Second Hali Annual London, England, Worldwide Hali Publications. 1995. (ISBN: 1898113157) Cloth-, 32 x 23.5 cms. 224 pages - in English - over 250 mostly color illustrations - the 2nd in the Hali annual series addressed to connaisseurs, collectors, scholars and dealers, this work features essays by 10 noted specialists on Asian architecture, carpets, textiles, costume, painting, ceramics and metalwork - notes, biblio. and glossaries. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 108.02 \| £UK 65 \| JP¥ 9606] Book number: 006904 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HILLENBRAND, ROBERT ET AL Silk & Stone -The Art of Asia London, England, Hali. 1996. (ISBN: 1898113203) Cloth-, 32 x 23.5 cms. 224 pages - in English - over 300 mostly color illustrations - the bookmark - the 3rd Hali annual addressed to connaisseurs, dealers, scholars and aficionados, this work features texts by 13 specialists on Islamic architecture of the central Indian plateau, the royal murals of Rajasthan, Sa'adi's Gulistan, Farabgi Saz Safavid painting, Chinese lacquer & Islamic design, Angkor period Ramayana Khmer bas-reliefs, Indonesian gold, Mughal "red-ground grotesque" carpets, textiles in the Japanese tea ceremony, 7th to 8th Century textiles in the Shoshoin, silk of the northern song, Chinese jade and more - biblio. and authors. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.25 US$ 117.84 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10480] Book number: 006914 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HTUN, HLA TIN Old Myanmar Paintings in the Collection of u Win Bangkok, Thailand, Thavibu Gallery. 2006. (ISBN: 9749931823) , 26.5 x 26.5 cms. Square. gilt-embossed pictorial hardcover - 104 pages - in English - around 100 color illustrations, mostly plates - 53 major late 19th and 20th Century Burmese painters from the collection of U Win (b.1929), the Nobel prize-winning Burmese disident journalist - the illustrations are acompanied by bios. of the artists - The Evolution of Myanmar Painting, essay by Hla Tin Win, U Win's son. New-/new-. CHF 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.47 \| £UK 50.25 \| JP¥ 7423] Book number: 005885 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	JACQUES, CLAUDE/LAFOND, PHILLIPE Khmer Empire (The) Bangkok, Thailand, River Books. 2007. (ISBN: 9749863305) Gilt-Embossed Cloth, 30.5 x 25.5 cms. 280 pages - in English - over 300 mostly color photographs - photographs by Philippe Lafond - following the success of "Angkor - Cities and Temples", a longtime, distinguished scholar of ancient Cambodian culture and epigraphist describes the glory days of the Khmer Empire, from the 5th to the 13th Century - intro.: Country & People - Funan: A Major Early Southeast Asian State - The Dawning of Khmer History: Zhenla - The Beginning Of The Khmer Empire And The Koh Ker Episode - The 11th Century: Preah Vihear, Phnom Chisor, Ta Muen And Muang Tam - Masters Of Iron And Fire: Preah Khan Of Kompong Svay - The Golden Age Of Khmer Architecture: The Angkor Wat Period - Bayon Art And Architecture Beyond Angkor - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.25 US$ 117.84 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10480] Book number: 005719 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	JULIANO, ANNETTE L. / LERNER, JUDITH A. ET AL. Monks and Merchants, Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China New-York, USA, Harry N. Abrams Inc. 2001. (ISBN: 0810934787) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Thick. 352 pages - text in English - catalog of the exhibition held at the Asia Society Museum in New-York and at the Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach, Florida - stunning works of art in gold, silver, glass, clay and stone, many recently excavated and virtually unknown in the west are presented here, all coming from the a pivotal epoch in Chinese history, the tulmultuous centuries between China's two great empires, the Han and the Tang (618-906) - color photographs of the objects coming from the northwest region of China, a geographical corridor to China's heartland for foreign traders and missionaries traveling the Silk Road - written contributions by Annette L. Juliano, Judith A. Lerner, Michael Alram, Chen Bingying, Albert E. Dien, Luo Feng and Boris I. Marshak - glossary, bibliography and index. New -/New -. CHF 82.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.25 US$ 80.52 \| £UK 48.5 \| JP¥ 7161] Book number: 001102 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MCARTHUR, MEHER Arts of Asia (the) - Materials, Techniques, Styles London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2005. (ISBN: 0500238235) Cloth-, 26 x 23 Cms. 256 pages - in English - 435 color illustrations - a description of some of the most beautiful materials used in creating Asian art and the techniques used to create masterpieces, by the curator of Asian Art at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California - jade, silk, porcelain, lacquer, ivory, bamboo, paper, gold, wood and stone - biblio. museums, buying Asian art and index. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 006285 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MCGILL, FORREST ET AL Kingdom of Siam (the)- The Art of Central Thailand, 1350-1800 Ghent, Belgium, Snoeck. 2004. (ISBN: 9053495282) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 199 pages - in English - 216 illustrations in color - Published to coincide with the 2005 showing at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts - The book is gathering eighty-nine of the finest surviving works from Ayutthaya (ancient name of the Kingdom) drawn from collections in Thailand, Europe and the United States - Stone and bronze Buddha , sculptures of Hindu deities, figural and decorative wood carvings, temple furnishings, illuminated manuscripts, jewelry and textiles - Essays by leading scholars including Forrest Mc Gill, Dhiravat na Pombejra, Hiram Woodward and Santi Leksukhum - List of Kings of Ayutthaya and Thonburi and the early kings of Bangkok - Bibliography - Index. New -. CHF 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 US$ 54.01 \| £UK 32.5 \| JP¥ 4803] Book number: 004642 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MIKSIC, JOHN Borobudur - Golden Tales of the Buddhas London, England, Bamboo. 1990. (ISBN: 187007615X) Cloth, 26 x 28 cms. Oblong. 160 pages - in English - over 80 color illustrations - the history, archeology, architecture, symbolism and reliefs of the 9th Century Buddhist monument in central Java, the largest such in the world - notes, biblio. and index. As New -/As New -. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 004295 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.