The Gods of Northern Buddhism, Their History, Iconography and Progressive Evolution Through the Northern Buddhist Countries. With a General Introduction on Buddhism Translated from the French of J. Deniker
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1928. Second edition. Hardcover. 4to. lii,220pp. Index. Bibliography. Blind stamped green cloth with some light soiling, gilt stamped spine. Illustrated with 9 color plates (one, a frontispiece, and one a diagram), most with printed tissue guards; plus 58 plates with multiple images of black & white photographs. Occasional neat underlining. Light soiling at fore-edge of front free endpaper.
The first edition of this work was printed in 1914. This second edition and best edition contains much new information on the identification of various gods in the Bhuddist Pantheon and includes for the first time the Buddhist deities of Indochina.
Some light staining to covers and bumoing to corners. Hinges of spine rubbed. Front free endpapers with some staining also the edge and some notes in pen. Very good- condition. Item #49694
Price: $250.00