1910 JOYEUX (A.). La Vie Large des Colonies. Preface by M. Jean Ajalbert. Paris: Maurice Bauche, s.d. [circa 1910]. Oblong format (Dim. 3(x27 cm), paperback. 4 pages of preface and plates of caricatures on the life of the Colonials in Indochina. Book printed in an edition of 500 copies, one of 453 copies on tinted Alfa (accidents, foxing and missing plates). Attached are 26 color postcards illustrated by André Joyeux, Editions Albert Portail, Saigon. Most titled (Les petites marchandes, pagodes, pêcheurs, cocoteraies...). Size: 14x9.3 cm.

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