China and Tibet in the Early 18th Century: History of the Establishment of Chinese Protectorate in Tibet ~Luciano Petech ~Foreign Relations

Title: China and Tibet in the Early 18th Century: History of the Establishment of Chinese Protectorate in Tibet

Author: L. [Luciano] Petech

Description: Light olive green cloth over boards with metallic-magenta lettering on spine. Previous owner's address rubber-stamped on front pastedown, else interior is clean and unmarked. Map at rear. Includes both a Tibetan and a general index. Due to a binder's error, lacks two pages of the Tibetan index. x + 286 pages.

1973 reprint of the 1950 edition that was published by E. J. Brill, Leiden.

The author, Luciano Petech (1914-2010), was an Italian scholar of Himalayan history and the early relations between Tibet, Nepal and Italy. He was Chair of History of Eastern Asia at the University of Rome 1955-1984. He was a student of the Italian explorer, academic, and scholar Giuseppe Tucci.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+

Publisher: Hyperion Press, Inc.
Place: Westport, Connecticut
Year: 1973

Keywords: 7th Dalai Lama, foreign relations, Tibet, China, T'oung pao,