Author: Lessing, F. D.,
Title: Yung-Ho-Kung. An Iconography of the Lamaist Cathedral in Peking. With Notes on Lamaist Mythology and Cult. In collaboration with Gösta Montell. [Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North-Western Provinces of China under Leadership of Sven Hedin. VIII. Ethnography, volume 1]. With a preface by Sven Hedin.
Description: Stockholm 1942. Ferdinand Diedrich Lessing (1882 Essen - 1961 Berkeley, Kalifornien) was a german and later US-American sinologist, mongolist and an authority on lamaism. - Inside cover and front papers somewhat more foxed, else a very fine copy. XX, 179 pp. with 1 mounted colour plate, 32 b&w plates, numerous text illustrations and a folding plan in separte pocket at the end. 4°, cloth binding with its original wrappers bound in.

Keywords: Lamaismus, Lamaist Mythology


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