Hong Kong: Asia 2000 Ltd, 1997. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Format is approximately 12 inches by 13 inches. 168, [2] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Map. Text is in French. Photographs are in color. Illustrations. Music CD by Johannes Schutt in a pocket after page 168. The chapter titles are: Liminaire, Evanescence, Eternelles, Perle d'Asie, La reiviere des Dragons, Le monde et le sacre, Au fil des bagues, Sous les chapeaux conique, Le long due fleuve Rouge, and Visages d'il Y a Mille ans... Often this work is listed as published in 1995 but copyright information indicates that it was published no earlier than 1997. This work was later revised and republished in a bilingual (French and English) version. More