Bolor Erike. Mongolian chronicle . with a critical introduction by the Reverend Antoine Mostaert . and an editor's foreword by Francis Woodman Cleaves

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Published by Harvard Yenching Institute, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1959

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5 volumes, 8vo, previous owner's rubberstamp on each front free flyleaf of Paul B. Henze (1924-2011), the American writer and CIA operative (see Wikipedia); fine in original tan printed wrappers. But for the preliminaries and a 32-page introduction, the text is in Mongolian throughout. "Third in the Scripta Mongolica series, this book reproduces a rare printed text of the Bolor Erike or Chaplet of Crystals, written in the 18th century but preserving a number of recitals, some unknown elsewhere, relating to Chinggis Qaghan and his line and to the history of the Mongols under the Chinese Ming dynasty. The dean of the world s Mongolists provides a thorough textual and historical analysis" (Harvard). Seller Inventory # 67908

Bibliographic Details

Title: Bolor Erike. Mongolian chronicle . with a ...

Publisher: Harvard Yenching Institute, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

Publication Date: 1959

Binding: Soft cover