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Libros antiguos y modernos

Cammann, Schuyler

The Land of the Camel; Tents and Temples of Inner Mongolia

1951

62,98 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1951
Lugar de impresión
New York. The Ronald Press Company
Autor
Cammann, Schuyler
Edición
First edition.
Materia
Travel - Asia
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; x, 200 pp, 42 illustrations from photos on plates, index. original cloth, spine lettering rubbed, dj (chipped at spine head, short tears, rubbed), else very good, interior clean and sound. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. One of the few accounts of life and customs during this period, the author travelled in the area in 1945, being the first to observe conditions there since the Japanese sealed the area and being the last there before the Chinese again closed the area to outsiders. He provides good descriptions of religious rites, the lamaseries role in Mongolian life and interviewed the Living Buddha of Shandagu. Bibliog. Mongolica 2326.
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