first edition
2000 · Bloomington
by Barat, Kahar
Bloomington: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 2000. First edition, 4to, pp. [8], xxxvii, [1], 430 [i.e. 429], [1]; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "The Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang (Hsuan-tsang 600-664) ranks among the greatest Chinese travelers of all times. He left China for India in 629 and returned in 645, laden with Buddhist manuscripts and a unique, direct knowledge of the 138 countries he had traversed" (jacket blurb).
(Inventory #: 63642)