An account of Tibet : the travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia, S.J., 1712-1727 / Ippolito Desideri ; [edited by Filippo De Filippi ; with an introduction by C. Wessels]

First published in 1932. As well as an extensive introduction, this edition contains notes to all four books, a bibliographical index, a general index and an index of Tibetan words. The introduction is particularly valuable in that it sets the importance of Desideri's mission in the general con...

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