Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia, Kan-Su and Eastern Iran. Oxford: Claredon Press, 1928.
4 volumes, complete mixed set. 330 x 243 mm (volumes 1-3).
Volumes 1-2 with 505 illustrations, 137 plates and 59 plans in volumes three. Original brown cloth covered boards, with a gilt central medallion and gilt letting. Volume 4 with 51 loose folding maps, New Delhi, 1981.
1928年初版 斯坦因《亞洲腹地考古記》4卷全
對於中國人來説,斯坦因 (Sir Aurel Stein)是個備受爭議的人物。這位原籍匈牙利的英國考古學家天生精力充沛、野心勃勃,語言天賦尤其過人。24嵗即被授予東方學院院长的職位,遠赴英屬印度考察。從1900到1931,斯坦因組織了四次探險,足跡遍佈絲路——先後發掘了和阗、尼雅、樓蘭。當然,還有舉世震驚的敦煌莫高窟。
1928年初版的這套《考古記》,完成于1913-16年第三輪探險之後。這一次他重访敦煌,带走大量文物,还发掘了西夏古城黑水,打开了“河边大塔”的塔腹和基座,整理出四千件佛经、雕塑和文書。本書不但記載了考察的詳情,還附有五十餘份考古地圖,以及五百餘張珍貴圖片——從千年不腐的樓蘭艷尸、色澤如新的西域壁畫、到黃沙大漠的風土人情,即使又一個世紀過去,展卷覽畢,震撼依舊銘心。
Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection
Condition Report Volume 4 is marked volume 5; from the Humanities Press: New Dehli 1981 as volumes were divided differently than from the original run, when the map volume was not printed together with text and plates.?