An Account of Tibet: The Travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia, S.J. 1712- 1727

by Filippo De Filippi

First published in 1932.
As well as an extensive introduction, this edition contains notes to all four books, a bibliographical index, a general index and an index of Tibetan words. The introduction is particularly valuable in that it sets the importance of Desideri's mission in the general context of the Jesuit Missions to Tibet.
In Desideri's account we receive the first accurate general description of Tibet: from the natural world to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415511437
• ISBN13: 9780415511438
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"