Description: FATHER EVARISTE REGIS HUC WAS A CATHOLIC MISSIONARY, WHO, WITH HIS COLLEAGUE FATHER JOSEPH GABET, PRODUCED ONE OF THE EARLIEST BOOKS ON TIBET, ENTITLED "RECOLLECTIONS OF A JOURNEY THROUGH TARTARY & TIBET" (1851). TARTARY IS MODERN MONGOLIA. THE PAIR HAD BEEN THE FIRST WESTERNERS TO VISIT THE HOLY CITY OF LHASA SINCE THOMAS MANNING IN 1812. THEIR EQUATING BUDDHISM WITH CATHOLICISM SO ANNOYED THE VATICAN AUTHORITIES THAT THE BOOK WAS PLACED ON THE INDEX OF FORBIDDEN WORKS. "THE CHINESE EMPIRE" IS THE SEQUEL, WRITTEN BY HUC ALONE, GABET HAVING DIED. IT A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF CHINA AS IT THEN WAS,IN 2 VOLUMES. The sequel, The Chinese Empire (1854) is a more comprehensive compendium of the religion, laws, usages and institutions of China. FATHER HUC. PLEASE NOTE, I AM OFFERING VOLUME 2 ONLY. THERE ARE VOLUMES 1 CURRENTLY FOR SALE ON EBAY, BUT NO VOLUMES 2. 1855. 2ND EDITION. 440 PAGES. INDEX. I AM DOWNSIZING MY LIBRARY OWING TO ISSUES OF SPACE. POSTAGE IN UK: £2. 50. SECURE, RECYCLED PACKAGING. 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK. PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER LISTINGS.
Price: 45 GBP
Location: London, London
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Cloth
Personalised: No
Place of Publication: LONDON
Non-Fiction Subject: AS PER TITLE
Shape: Rectangle
Signed: No
Publisher: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN
Modified Item: No
Weight: 675 gms.
Year Printed: 1855
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: TIBET
Author: ABBE M.HUC
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
