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Glaube und Aberglaube im Lande des Lamaismus. Nach eigenen Erlebnissen in Tibet dargestellt von Alexandra David-Neel. Mit 22 Abbildungen und einer Karte. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1931. First edition. 16,5 x 23 cm. 295 + (1) pp + plates. Bound in publisher's cloth with dustjacket. Jacket with stains and small tears and one larger at rear cover. Spine faded. With the bookplate of Hans-Uno Bengtsson and signatures of previous owners. Good copy. Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969) was a French-Belgian explorer and writer. She traveled in among others India, Japan, Tibet. She is most famous for her travel to Lhasa 1924, then a place closed for foreigners.
