Angkor: The Serenity of Buddhism
by Riboud, Marc - Photographs & essay; Introduction by Jean Lacouture; Essay by Jean Boisselier; Captions by Madeleine Giteau
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0500541825
- ISBN 13
- 9780500541821
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Thames & Hudson, 1993. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Thames & Hudson, 1993, first printing. Folio, 10" x 13 1/2", 159pp., with 75 duotone illustrations. Riboud's masterly images are complemented by his own descriptive essay, along with texts on Angkor's recent history and its Buddhist foundations from Jean Lacouture, the celebrated writer, and Jean Boisselier, former curator of the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Together they present a moving portrayal of this mysterious wonder, a collage of timeless beauty and spiritual dignity scarred by contemporary brutality. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008280
- Title
- Angkor: The Serenity of Buddhism
- Author
- Riboud, Marc - Photographs & essay; Introduction by Jean Lacouture; Essay by Jean Boisselier; Captions by Madeleine Giteau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0500541825
- ISBN 13
- 9780500541821
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1993
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Far East; Religion;
- Size
- Folio
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