art of Buddhism

by Dietrich Seckel

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Published 1965 by Methuen in London .
Written in

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Edition Notes

Originally published in German, Baden-Baden: Holle Verlag, 1964.

Statement	translated [from the German] by Ann E. Keep.
Series	Art of the world -- 14
The Physical Object
Pagination	331p. :
Number of Pages	331
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL18216026M

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