The Silk Road / Frances Wood
2002, First Edition. London : Folio Society. First Folio Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, in a fine slip-case. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #433766
Physical description; 270 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index. Contents; 'A ceaselessly flowing stream of life' -- Coiled dragons and filmy fleeces : jade and silk -- From Greece and Rome to China, and back again -- A people abandoned by heaven : the Xiongnu and trade during the Han dynasty -- The spread of trade and religions : Tocharians and Sogdians -- The fashion for all things Central Asian -- The caves of the thousand buddhas : Buddhism on the Silk Road -- Tanguts, Mongols, Nestorians and Marco Polo -- A parterre of roses : travellers to Ming China and Samarkand -- The great game and the Silk Road -- Asia held them captive in her cold embrace : explorers on the Silk Road -- Trophies and tiger entrails : hunting and theorising on the Silk Road -- Securing specimens : Aurel Stein -- An end to excavation : Pelliot, von Le Coq and Warner -- The baby general : travel on the Silk Road in the 1930s -- Epilogue: The Silk Road today. Subjects; Trade routes China. Trade routes. Trade routes Asia History. Asia, Central History. Silk Road History. Central Asia. Asia Silk Road. China.
Price: €18.95