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1st edition. 8vo. [xl] + 810pp. Ownership inscription to half title. Paperback in original pictorial purple wrapps. lettered in beige, some minor wear to edges. ISBN 978231135993 US$15.

First Edition. First edition, small folio, pp. viii, 307, [1]; illustrated throughout in colorr and black & white; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "The Tenth Karmapa Chöying Dorjé (1604?1674) was both a famous artist and leader of the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism during a formative period in Tibetan history. The religious and institutional shape of modern Tibet was decided in the turbulent conflicts and dramatic reorganization of Tibetan society in the seventeenth century. With Mongol support, the Fifth Dalai Lama took control of Central Tibet and projected Gelukpa power far beyond Lhasa" (highpeakspureearth[.]com).