Art, General

Tucci, Guiseppe, 1894- . Rati-lila: an Interpretation of the Tantric Imagery of the Temples of Nepal. English translation by James Hogarth. Geneva, Paris, Munich: Nagel, 1969.
[Sexual symbolism in Nepalese temple art, mainly painted architectural embellishments, as well as textiles and metalwork, shown in b & w and color illustrations, some folding.]
NB1007.N4T813

Bower, Sir Hamilton. Diary of a Journey Across Tibet. New York: Macmillan and Company, 1894.
[Contains b & w illustrations, a folding cross-section diagram of Tibetan terrain crossed in the expedition.]
DS785.B78 1894

Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952. Trois Ans de Luttes aux Deserts D'Asie (Three Years of Struggle in the Deserts of Asia). Paris: Hachette, 1899.
[Text in French. Many b & w plates and illustrations, as well as a folding map and an appendix.]
DS785.H525

Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952. Central Asia and Tibet; Towards the Holy City of Lassa. London: Herst & Blackett; New York: C. Scribners Sons, 1903.
[The author's diary of his travels in Asia, including descriptions of the regions and manner of life. This two volume set includes 5 maps, 420 illustrations, and 8 color plates, as well as an index (at end of vol. 2).]
DS785.H48

Hooker, Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911. Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist (in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, & C.). London: J. Murray, 1854.
[A botanist, the author presents a natural history of the Himalayan Mountains, which is supplemented by his own maps (including 1 folding map) and drawings -- lithographs and woodcuts (including color plates). Vol. 2 is missing.]
DS485.H6H7

Huc, Evariste Regis, 1813-1860. Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary, Thibet, and China, During the Years 1844, 1845, and 1846. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1852. Vol. 1 only.
DS709.H85 1852

India Speaks with Richard Halliburton. Illustrated with 100 photographs from the photoplay, India Speaks, produced by Walter Futter and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
[Contains many b & w photographs of various sites in Asia, including Tibet.]
DS408.I5

Jenkins, Peter, 1951- . Across China. New York: W. Morrow, 1986.
[The author's accounts of his travels through Tibet and China. Contains a map, many b & w photographs, and several color photographs -- depicting scenes from everyday life. Contains bibliography.]
DS712.J43

Przheval'skii, Nikolai Mikhailovich, 1839-1888. Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet, Being a Narrative of Three Years' Travel in Eastern High Asia. London: Sampson Low, etc., 1876. 2 v.
[Contains b & w illustrations of indigenous inhabitants.]
DS709.P93

Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914. The Land of the Lamas: Notes of a Journey Through China, Mongolia and Tibet. New York: The Century Co., 1891.
[Contains many b & w maps, illustrations, and tables.]
DS785.R68

Turner, Samuel, 1749?-1802. An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet: Containing a Narrative Journey Through Bootan, and Part of Tibet. London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1800.
[Includes a botanical, mineralogical, and medical account of this region. Contains several b & w engravings, and a folding map showing a portion of Bhutan and Tibet.]
DS785.T94

Wilson, Andrew. The Abode of Snow; Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, Through the Upper Valleys of the Himalayas. Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1876.
[This book presents the grandeur of the Himalaya mountains region and the character of its inhabitants, as well as details of physical science, ethnology, archaeology, and history. There is an itinerary, an appendix on the climate of the interior
Himalaya, and a folding map.]
DS485.H6W7