Tibetan Medical Paintings: Illustrations to the Blue Beryl Treatise of Sangye Gyamtso (1653-1705 : Plates and Text)

Folio. Volume I. The Plates: ix, pp. 1-172, list of 77 color plates, Foreword by the 14th Dalai Lama, Preface and acknowledgments, Introduction: The Medical Paintings of Tibet by Fernand Meyer; The Structure and Contents of the Four Tantras and Sangye Gyamtso's Commentary, the Blue Beryl by Gyurme Dorje; Plates and Summaries on Facing Page; Book I: Toot Tantra (Plates 1-4); Book II: Exegetical Tantra (Plates 5-37); Book III: Instructiona Tantra (Plates 38-53); Book IV: Subsequent Tantra (Plates 54-77). Volume II. The Text: vii, pp. 173-336, list of 77 b&w plates and contents of the Blue Beryl Treatise on facing page, Book I: Root Rantra (Plates 1-4); Book II: Exegetical Tantra (Plates 5-37); Book III: Instructional Tantra (Plates 38-53); Book IV: Subsequent Tantra (Plates 54-77); notes, bibliography, indices. First Edition, 1992. Red cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine.