Land of pure vision : the sacred geography of Tibet and the Himalaya / David Zurick ; foreword by E?ric Valli ; design by Richard Farkas ; map by Holly Troyer
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2014. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Item #273994
ISBN: 0813145511
Physical description; (xiii, 120 pages) : illlustrations, map. Summary; The landscapes of Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan are filled with holy places. Some are of natural origin -- summits, rivers and lakes, caves, or forest sanctuaries. Others are consecrated by religious practice -- shrines, temples, monasteries, or burial grounds. The holy sites of the Himalaya unite faith and geography to produce some of the most sublime places on Earth. In Land of Pure Vision, David Zurick draws from his thirty-five years of experience as a geographer, photographer, and explorer of the Himalaya, combining scholarship and art to capture divine landscapes undergoing profound. Subjects; Physical geography — Himalaya Mountains Region. Physical geography — China — Tibet Autonomous Region.
Price: €21.00