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Tibetan Medical Paintings: Illustrations to the Blue Beryl of Sangye Gyamtso (1653-1705)
by Parfionovitch, Yuri; Dorje Gyurme and Fernand Meyer (editors)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0810938618
- ISBN 13
- 9780810938618
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1992. Two Volumes (Text and Plates). Red cloth (hardcover), gilt titles, housed in publisher's slipcase, (15 x 12 inches). First Edition. ix, 336 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Indices; illustrated by 77 full-page color plates. Foreword by the 14th Dalai Lama, introduction by Fernand Meyer. The medical paintings presented in this elaborate production illustrate the entire contents of a seventeenth century commentary on the most fundamental treatise of Tibetian medicine. Clean, tight copy in collector Fine condition. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005736
- Title
- Tibetan Medical Paintings: Illustrations to the Blue Beryl of Sangye Gyamtso (1653-1705)
- Author
- Parfionovitch, Yuri; Dorje Gyurme and Fernand Meyer (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0810938618
- ISBN 13
- 9780810938618
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- Folio
- Keywords
- Tibetan Medicine; Herbal Medicine
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Folio
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