Conrady, August: Die chinesischen Handschriften- und sonstigen Kleinfunde Sven Hedins in Lou-Lan. Herausgegeben, übersetzt und unter Benutzung von Karl Himlys hinterlassenen Vorarbeiten. Stockholm: Generalstabens Litografiska Anstalt 1920. 32,2 x 24,2 cm. Contains 53 plates, 3 in colour, 5 double-page plates, divided into 3 sections: XXXVIII plates (no. 39 + XXVIIb), VI plates, IX plates (no. 8 – plate IV does not exist). XV pp., 1 blank p., 191 pp., 1 unnumbered p., 3 folios. Original paperback. Title on the cover in red and black.

(Paperback: worn, discoloured and bumped. First few pages untrimmed. Binding slightly loose.)

Himly, who had been commissioned by Hedin to write a chapter for the sixth volume of his series ‘Scientific results of a journey in Central Asia’ on Hedin’s archaeological finds at Lou-Lan in 1901, died before he could complete this work.