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Giuseppe Tucci (1894 - 1984)

Tibetan Painted Scrolls [3 Volumes]

Giuseppe Tucci, Tibetan Painted Scrolls, Rome: La Libreria dello Stato, 1949, 3 Volumes

Text Volume I: xv, [1], 327, [2] including with intertextual illustrations.
Text Volume II: [iii]-viii, [2], 331-798, [1] pp. collotype intertextual illustrations
16.25 x 11.75 in (41.8 x 29.5 cm) (each)
Plate Volume: 25 lettered colour collotype plates + 231 monochrome "phototype" plates, neatly sewn together with string through 3 small punch holes in left margins (apparently not as issued), + title/limitation leaves; matching publisher’s folding case
19.5 x 13.25 in (49.5 x 33 cm)

Publisher’s full red cloth, boards double ruled in gilt, front covers with gilt central title motif, spines tooled and lettered in gilt (each)

This is a limited-edition copy no. 192 of 750 copies of this scarce and beautiful monograph of Tibetan art.

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