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163 - [INDOCHINA] LYAUTEY, Hubert, and BOUCHAUD, Jean. Letters from Tonkin. Illustrations by Jean Bouchaud.
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[INDOCHINA] LYAUTEY, Hubert, and BOUCHAUD, Jean. Letters from Tonkin. Illustrations by Jean Bouchaud. A beautiful, illustrated first edition with illustrations by Jean Bouchaud, in perfect bindings by Flammarion. Paris, Les Éditions Nationales, 1928. 2 in-4 volumes (230 x 280 mm), each bound in red half-maroquin with corners edged in gold fillet, spine with 4 blind-stamped false ribs, author’s name and title gilded, gilded head, untrimmed covers in color and spines preserved. Binding by Flammarion. VII and 437 pages, 10 full-page illustrations including 2 frontispieces, 9 large color headpieces, and 9 color tailpieces, with black-and-white maps in the text. A beautiful illustrated edition of the correspondence of Marshal Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), offering a valuable insight into colonial realities in Tonkin and Madagascar between 1894 and 1899. First print run of Jean Bouchaud’s illustrations, including 10 beautiful full-color watercolors reproduced as facsimiles by Daniel Jacomet’s art studios, as well as 9 large headers and 9 footers. Limited edition of 550 copies; this is one of the 500 numbered copies on Arches vellum (No. 60). A very fine copy, beautifully produced by Flammarion, in perfect condition.
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Rare and valuable books from the 16th to the 20th centuries (manuscripts, curiosities, Art Deco-illustrated books, the André Maurois collection, etc.).Auction house
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