Aurel

ref. 1235 — Budapest: 1885 Franklin-Társulat Könyvnyomdája. First separate edition. Offprint with separate pagination pp. 1–19. In publisher’s printed wrappers. Wrappers dusted inside clean. Overall in fine condition. First separate edition. Offprint with separate pagination pp. 1–19. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 1–19 1 p. Extremely scarce first separate edition of Stein’s first publication his paper on Persian religious literature. Written while he studied in Britain on a Hungarian scholarship at the Trinity College in Cambridge. Originally published in Budapesti Szemle Vol. 44. no. 108 pp. 365–383 Sir Marc Aurél Stein 1862–1943 was a Hungarian born British archaeologist mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of “The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire” as Knight Commander KCIE and Fellow of British Academy. He made four major expeditions to Central Asia in 1900 1906–1908 1913–1916 and 1930. His greatest discovery was made at Mogao Caves also known as “Caves of the Thousand Buddhas” near Dunhuang in 1907. The Stein collection mostly manuscripts and other relics has been placed in the British Library the British Museum and partly to the Srinagar Museum and the National Museum in New Delhi. Extremely scarce. WorldCat locates only one copy in Israel. . 1885 unknown