Live auction - Lot 627
[Vietnam - Laos]
Chersonèse d'Or. Indochine.
Hanoi, (L. Văn Phúc), 1925
Hammer price: €
400
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Folio (traces of old hinges in corners of f. 36, very few spots).
Loose in publ. wallet (some stains on boards, spine rubbed, 1 closing tie at the top missing).
Series of 43 ff. illustrated with woodcuts by Defert (1878-1972), French engraver, who worked in Laos (which was a part of French Indochina at the time), sometimes with accompanying text fragments of local authors. Issued in 200 copies, this one on bamboo paper, with justification (n. 193, signed by the artist).
Prov. Madame de Bourin (?) (nominative copy).