HIUAN-TSANG [i.e., Xuanzang]; Louis de la Vallée Poussin (transl & ed)

Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi: la siddhi de Hiuan-Tsang (2 vols)

Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1928-29. First Edition. Two tall octavo volumes (25cm). Printed thick-paper wrappers; pp. [1]-432; [[433]-820. A bright, well-preserved set in; text mostly unopened; glassine dustwrappers lightly worn - Near Fine. Text primarily in French.

Translation into French of Xuanzang's 7th-century translation into Classical Chinese of the Buddhist text Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi (Twenty Verses on Consciousness Only), a fourth-century work by the Indian monk Vasubandhu. In the publisher's series "Buddhica: Documents et Travaux pour L'Etude du Buddhisme." Scarce.

Price: $250.00

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