The Religions of Tibet by Tucci, Guiseppe - 1980

University of California Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. University of California Press, 1980 xii, 340 pp with B&W line drawings and two maps in text. Giuseppe Tucci ( 1894 - 1984) was an Italian scholar of oriental cultures, specialising in Tibet and history of Buddhism. . He is considered one of the founders of the field of Buddhist Studies. Here he discusses the general characteristics of Tibetan Lamism, monastary life, religious festivals and the pre-Buddhist Bon religion. Much of the material on the teachings of the various Buddhist schools represents the results of previously unpublished material. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.