Lot 197
Tibet.- Tucci (Giuseppe) Tibetan Painted Scrolls, 3 vol., one of 750 copies, Rome, Libreria Dello Stato, 1949.
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Tibet.- Tucci (Giuseppe) Tibetan Painted Scrolls, 3 vol., one of 750 copies, comprising 2 text vol. and portfolio with 256 plates, some in colour, text vol. with very slight toning to margins, portfolio with occasional light creasing to blank corners and some light finger-soiling, mainly to title, ex-Royal College of Art Library with bookplate and embossed stamp to foot of titles, text vol. in original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, plates stitched and loose as issued in cloth portfolio, gilt, small white ink reference or sticker to foot of spines, light fading to cloth, mainly to spines, little rubbed, mainly to extremities, overall very good, folio, Rome, Libreria Dello Stato, 1949.
⁂ An important monograph on Tibetan art and a lavish production.
Description
Tibet.- Tucci (Giuseppe) Tibetan Painted Scrolls, 3 vol., one of 750 copies, comprising 2 text vol. and portfolio with 256 plates, some in colour, text vol. with very slight toning to margins, portfolio with occasional light creasing to blank corners and some light finger-soiling, mainly to title, ex-Royal College of Art Library with bookplate and embossed stamp to foot of titles, text vol. in original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, plates stitched and loose as issued in cloth portfolio, gilt, small white ink reference or sticker to foot of spines, light fading to cloth, mainly to spines, little rubbed, mainly to extremities, overall very good, folio, Rome, Libreria Dello Stato, 1949.
⁂ An important monograph on Tibetan art and a lavish production.
