The Chinese translation and adaptation of early C20th texts  by explorer and archaeologist Albert von Le Coq describing the wall paintings discovered and collected by him in Turfan (now in present-day Xinjiang province) along the route of the Northern Silk Road.  Large format paperback.  182 pages.  Includes line drawings, colour and b&w plates from the original publications depicting murals some of which were destroyed during WW2 bombing of Berlin museums .  Text and captions in Chinese.  Good clean condition.  Cat No 2371