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STEIN, MARC AUREL, Sir. The Thousand Buddhas. 3 parts. 1921. Lacks plate 27.

STEIN, MARC AUREL, Sir. The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-huang on the Western Frontier of China. xii, 65 pages. With separate title leaf and 47 (of 48) plates in 2 sizes, loose as issued; title leaf soiled in margins, plate 27 lacking. Together, 3 parts. Folio, text volume 400x310 mm, in original wrappers, front joint partly cracked, backstrip missing small portion at bottom, contents clean; title leaf and plates 1-33 635x515 mm, in worn original 1/2 cloth portfolio with remnants of cloth ties; plates 34-48 400x305 mm, in chipped and frayed original envelope. London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1921

  • Notes: first edition of a collection of plates reproducing paintings recovered during the 1906-08 expedition, with descriptions by Stein and an introductory essay by Laurence Binyon. Yakushi S333.

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