CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Introduction, How it All Began

Chapter 1 – GIUSEPPE TUCCI’S SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS AND HIS LEGACY

1.1 Giuseppe Tucci’s Scientific Expeditions to the Himalayas
1.1.1 A Bird’s Eye View of Tucci’s Expeditions
1.1.2 Organising Explorations
1.2 The Repositories of Tucci’s Legacy
1.2.1 The Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East (IsMEO) and the Tucci Tibetan Collection
1.2.2 The National Museum of Oriental Art (MNAOr), the Tucci Photographic Archives and the Bonardi-Tucci Collection
1.2.3 The Luciano Petech Archive

Chapter 2 – IN SEARCH FOR THE PROVENANCE OF THE BOOKS OF THE TUCCI TIBETAN COLLECTION

2.1 Clues from the Past: Giuseppe Tucci’s Travelogues
2.2 Expenses and Wish Lists from Notebooks 22 and 17

Chapter 3 – BOOK STORIES: THE ACQUISITION OF TIBETAN MANUSCRIPTS AND XYLOGRAPHS

3.1 Books Acquired during the 1928, 1929 and 1930 Expeditions
3.2 Books Acquired during the 1931 Expedition
3.3 Books Acquired during the 1933 Expedition
3.4 Books Acquired during the 1935 Expedition
3.5 Books Acquired during the 1937 Expedition
3.6 Books Acquired during the 1939 Expedition
3.7 Books Acquired during the 1948 Expedition
3.8 Books Acquired during the 1952 Expedition
3.9 Books Acquired during the 1954 Expedition

Concluding Remarks

Appendix 1: List of Identified Books

Appendix 2: Missing Texts

Bibliography