Lot 71
W.Y. Evans-Wentz, 4 volumes on Tibet. Axfor 1927-54.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
71
Category:
Geography and work of views
4 volumes on Tibet. London: Oxford University Press 1927-54. 22 x 14,3 cm. Original linen.
(All spines have been brightened. Covers are scuffed.)
Evans-Wentz was an American anthropologist and a pioneer in spreading knowledge of Buddhism in the Western world. He is best known for his early translation of the *Bardo Thrödöl*. Ex Libris “D. H. Prins”.
1) *The Tibetan Book of the Dead* or *The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane*, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup’s English translation. Foreword by John Woodroffe, 1927. With a frontispiece and three further plates. pp. (III) – XLIV, 248 pp.
2) Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan text *Jetsün-Kahbum* or *Biographical History of Jetsün-Milarepa*, based on the late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup’s English translation. 1928. With a frontispiece and 3 further plates. XX pp., 315 pp., 1 unnumbered p. (Ex-libris partly removed.)
3) Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines, or The Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path, according to the late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup’s English translation. With a foreword by Dr R. R. Marett. 1935. With a frontispiece and 8 further plates, 2 of which are in colour. XXIV pp., 389 pp., 1 unnumbered p.
4) The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, or the method of realising Nirvana through understanding the mind, preceded by a summary of Padma-Sambhava’s biography and followed by the teachings of Guru Phadampa Sangay. 1954. With a frontispiece and 8 further plates. LXIV pp., 261 pp., 1 unnumbered page.
(All spines have been brightened. Covers are scuffed.)
Evans-Wentz was an American anthropologist and a pioneer in spreading knowledge of Buddhism in the Western world. He is best known for his early translation of the *Bardo Thrödöl*. Ex Libris “D. H. Prins”.
1) *The Tibetan Book of the Dead* or *The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane*, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup’s English translation. Foreword by John Woodroffe, 1927. With a frontispiece and three further plates. pp. (III) – XLIV, 248 pp.
2) Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan text *Jetsün-Kahbum* or *Biographical History of Jetsün-Milarepa*, based on the late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup’s English translation. 1928. With a frontispiece and 3 further plates. XX pp., 315 pp., 1 unnumbered p. (Ex-libris partly removed.)
3) Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines, or The Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path, according to the late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup’s English translation. With a foreword by Dr R. R. Marett. 1935. With a frontispiece and 8 further plates, 2 of which are in colour. XXIV pp., 389 pp., 1 unnumbered p.
4) The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, or the method of realising Nirvana through understanding the mind, preceded by a summary of Padma-Sambhava’s biography and followed by the teachings of Guru Phadampa Sangay. 1954. With a frontispiece and 8 further plates. LXIV pp., 261 pp., 1 unnumbered page.