Central Asia and Tibet: Towards the Holy City of Lassa Volumes I and II

Central Asia and Tibet: Towards the Holy City of Lassa Volumes I and II

Sven Hedin

Hurst and Blackett, 1903


Octavo. First American edition. xvii, 608, xiv, 664 pp, 420 illustrations, 8 full-page colored illustrations, and 5 maps. Modern 3/4 red leather, gilt ruled over original boards. Top edge gilt. Dampstaining spots to Vol. II front board.  

Hedin journeyed over 6000 miles across the heart of Asia in 1899-1902. He traveled through the Tarim Basin, Tibet and Kashmir to Calcutta and navigated the Yarkand, Tarim and Kaidu rivers. Hedin's classic account touched upon the scientific, cultural, and religious features of one of the still unrecorded regions of Asia. Yakushi H100b.

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