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THE SILK ROUTE AND THE DIAMOND PATH: ESOTERIC BUDDHIST ART ON THE TRANS-HIMALAYAN TRADE ROUTES
Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E., Maximilian Klimburg, David L. Snellgrove, Fritz Staal, Michel Strickmann & Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Los Angeles: UCLA Art Council, 1982. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/Near Fine. 256pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography and a glossary of Sanskrit and other names and terms. Designed by Jack Carter. This is the catalogue for the important 1982 traveling Museum exhibition of the monastic arts of Central Asia that developed along the trans-Himalayan Silk Route. It is a well-designed and illustrated scholarly survey that remains an important reference. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition limited to five hundred unnumbered copies showing some typical light wear and dulling to the dust jacket. LC 82-620035 Inventory Number: 024065