35 mois de campagne en Chine, au Tonkin, Courbet - Rivière (1882-1885) [...]. Préface par Pierre Loti [...].

Paris, Librairie d'Éducation nationale, s.d

€ 120 / 150

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Lge 4to.

Publ. red cloth (part. faded, lower board rubbed, joints part. split).

Numerous in-text and full-page black illustrations. The naval officer Duboc (1852-1935) received from Lesseps the management of hydrographic studies of the mouth of Panama Canal. He later joined Courbet and Rivière in Tonkin and participated in the Tonkin War (1882-1885).
Prov. "Prix de certificat d'études - Duval Octave 1904" (gilt-stamped on front cover).