Demiéville, Paul

Le concile de Lhasa: une controverse sur le quiétisme entre bouddhistes de l'Inde et de la Chine au VIIIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne. [Volume I - all published]

Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1952. 8vo, pp. viii, 398, [4]; largely unopened; 32 pages of facsimiles at the back; light toning of the wrapper extremities, else very good, sound and clean in original printed blue wrappers. Issued as volume 7 in the publisher's Bibliothèque de l'Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises series. A new interpretation on the contacts between Indian and Chinese Buddhists and philosophers in the 8th century at the court of the Tibetan king, at the peak of his power in the middle of the eighth century. With an introduction, translation of the Chinese manuscript, historical commentary, addenda, and facsimile of the Chinese text. Item #71552

Price: $90.00