Lot 320

A. Stein, Sand-buried ruins of Khotan. London 1903.

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€ 300
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€ 200
Lot: 320
Category: Geography and work of views
Artist: Marc Aurel Stein
Stein, Marc Aurel: Sand-buried ruins of Khotan. Personal narrative of a journey of archaeological and geographical exploration in Chinese Turkestan. London: T. Fisher Unwin 1903. 22,4 x 14 cm. With a frontispiece, title vignette and numerous illustrations within the text, plus a multi-fold colour map. XLIII, 524 pp. Rust-brown original linen

(Slightly scuffed and stained.)

Several library stamps reading ‘Oriental Institute, Imperial and Royal University of Vienna’.


Yakushi (1994) p. 713a. – First edition. Contains an account of Stein’s first expedition to Central Asia in 1900–01.