Les ruines d'Angkor : étude artistique et historique sur les monuments khmers du Cambodge siamois.

Paris, E. Leroux, 1890

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Folio; 101 pl. (text n.c., some spotting on text ff., some outer edges sl. soiled).

Loose in publ. portfolio (sl. soiled). Text ff. unopened.

Monumental work on the ruins of Angkor, the capital city of the Khmer Empire, by the French architect and explorer Fournereau (1846-1906) and teacher Porcher. Numerous in-text ill., 100 phototype plates and 1 coloured map. Enriched with 1 plate titled "Ta-Prôm - niches ogivales et tévadas" not mentioned in the "Table des planches".
Ref. Cordier, Indosinica, 2703-2704.