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SECRETS OF TIBET BEING THE CHRONICLE OF THE TUCCI SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO WESTERN TIBET (1933) Tucci & Ghersi 1935 1st edition
By Tucci, Dr. Giuseppe and Captain E. Gherisi
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London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1935, 1st edition. 206 pp, 147 photos, 2 folding maps. Tsaparang, the ancient capital of the kings of Guge, in western Tibet, remained a secret as its gates were closed to outsiders. It was one of the most important centres responsible for the revival of Buddhism after its persecution in India. The author, with his deep knowledge of the language and psychology and religious literature of the people of Tibet, was able to lift the veil imposed by the Lamas on this region; becoming one of the first to produce a chronicle of the archaeology and ancient history of Western Tibet.
 
Original hardcover with tan cloth and brown letters. Cloth is soiledbut has virtually no wear or rubbing, interior is unlmarked, edges has minor foxing spots, overall Very Good. A handsome copy of a very scarec book, this appears to be the only copy of the first edition to be available for sale on the internet in the world.
 
For more on Giuseppe Tucci, this is an excellent website:
 
The scientist and explorer Giuseppe Tucci thus wrote about his journeys to Asia and his passion for travelling and experiencing “the far”: far from the banality and superficiality of everyday and massified relationships. And he really did go far, as he was the greatest expert in oriental studies that Italy has ever had and one of the best internationally recognised experts on Tibet, he was one of the first scientists in the world to explore the hitherto unexplored regions of Tibet and Nepal, he was an anthropologist, archaeologist, and he disseminated Asia culture, both ancient and contemporary – and he was a journalist too.

Tucci, the only legendary Italian oriental expert in the whole of Asia, gave the world a better understanding of the greatest Asiatic religions, and his critical editions and original translations of valuable texts in Sanskrit and in Tibetan opened up southern Asia to scholars. With his legendary scientific expeditions to Tibet, Nepal, Ladhak and Bhutan he opened up these countries to geographers and modern travellers.
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