Author: Schmidt, Isaac J.
Title: [Dsang-lun] oder Der Weise und der Thor. Aus dem Tibetischen übersetzet und mit dem Originaltexte herausgegeben von I.J. Schmidt. Erster Teil: Der Tibetische Text nebst der Vorrede.
Description: St. Peterburg, bei W. Gra¨ff's Erben & Leipzig, bei Leopold Voss, 1843. 1 vol. (of 2). XXXVIII,323,[4] pp. Re-bound in modern green full cloth, gilt lettered on spine. 4to.Extremely rare original copy of the first volume of the set. This volume includes a preface in German and the original Tibetan text of the Jakata tale The Wise and the Foolish Merchant. Without the second volume with the German translation (Die Übersetzung.). - - The set was published on behalf of the Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wisenschaften. - - Copy from the library of Joseph F. Fletcher, Jr., usually referred to as Joseph Fletcher (1934-1984). The bookplate of his library is mounted un the upper pastdown. Fletcher was an American historian of China and Central Asia and a professor in the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department of Harvard University. His main areas of research included interaction between the Islamic and Chinese worlds, Manchu and Mongol studies. In 2012 this copy was acquired by Willem van Spengen (1949-2013), a Dutch specialist on Tibet & the Himalaya region.

Keywords: Tibet Himalaya Literature Asia India Tibet Theology Buddhism Letterkunde Azië Theologie Boeddhisme