Lot n° 638
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Tonkin - Indochina
LYAUTEY (Hubert), Marshal
Letters... - Lot 638 - Briscadieu
Tonkin - Indochina
LYAUTEY (Hubert), Marshal
Letters from Tonkin. Illustrations by Jean BOUCHAUD. Paris, Éditions Nationales, 1928.
2 volumes in-4 paperback; illustrated with 10 watercolors, 8 headbands, 9 tailpieces, 2 vignettes, all stenciled in color, and 16 maps in the text. Limited edition of 550 copies, one of 500 on Arches vellum.
Filled covers illustrated in color, in cardboard slipcase.
Lyautey was still only a squadron leader and had been sent to Tonkin when these letters were written between 1894 and 1897. They provide a wealth of information on daily life in Indochina at the time.
Also included: GOUROU (Pierre): Indochine Française. Le Tonkin. Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris 1931. Slne, 1931.
Large in-8 paperback; illustrations in and out of text, 4 large folding maps in fine. Publisher's putty cover.
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