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Samuel Turner 1806 Work on Tibet

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Samuel Turner 1806 Work on Tibet
<B>Captain Samuel Turner:<I> An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet</B></I></B></I> <I>Containing a Narrative of a Journey Through Bootan, and Part of Tibet.</B></I> (London: Bulmer and Company, 1806), second edition, four parts in one volume, 473 pages, 13 engraved plates of which one is a folding map, half leather with green cloth boards, marbled endpapers, gilt titles, 4to (10" x 11.75"), minimal light foxing, fold-out map chipped at one edge, corners moderately worn, spine lightly sunned, former owner's bookplate on the inside front cover, internal contents sound, very good copy of this remarkable book. The author, Samuel Turner (1749?-1802), was a captain in the army of the English East India Company. This book may well be the first publication in English on Tibet.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)