Property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections, Lots 234-253
Giorgi, Antonio Agostino
ALPHABETUM TIBETANUM, Dated 1762PRAEMISSA EST DISQUISITIO QUA DE VARIO LITERARUM AC REGIONIS NOMINE, GENTIS ORIGINE, MORIBUS, SUPERSTITIONE, AC MANICHAEISMO FUSE DISSERITUR. ROME: TYPIS SACRAE CONGREGATIONIS DE PROPAGANDA FIDE - two parts in one volume, title printed in red and black with blue printed etched device. 29cm x 22cm (11.1/2in x 8.5/8in).
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Property from the Mark and Peter Dineley CollectionsProvenance:Henry Harrison Getty (1838-1919), by reputeAlice Getty (d.1946), by reputeCourtenay Morgan, Viscount Tredegar (1867-1934), by reputeEvan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), by reputeProfessor and Mrs Bellerby, by repute Mark Dineley (1901-1975)Peter Dineley (1938-2018), and thence by descentThis vast compendium of Tibetan studies in Latin is the most tangible legacy of the Capuchin mission at Lhasa which flourished between 1715 and 1745. Two of the Friars, Francisco Orazio della Penna di Billi, who published an accurate description of the country, and Cassiano di Macerata, sent materials back to Rome which were utilised by Georgi (1711-1797).