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16 - 1901 [PAVIE MISSION TO INDOCHINA, 1879–1895.
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1901 [PAVIE MISSION TO INDOCHINA, 1879–1895. GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVELS, ATLASES AND MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES] 4 volumes (Volumes I, IV, V and VI). Works published under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colonies, Public Instruction and Fine Arts. Published in Paris by Ernest Leroux between 1900 and 1919. Volumes in black cloth binding, titles in gold lettering on leather on the spine. Dimensions: 27.5 x 23 cm. - Volume I. Report on the mission’s work (introduction, first and second periods from 1879 to 1889). Includes 18 maps, 140 illustrations and a portrait of the author by Paul Renouard. 1901. 332 pages. (Some foxing, paper slightly yellowed). - Volume IV. Journeys to the heart of Annam and Laos and into the wild regions of eastern Indochina by Captain de Malglaive and Captain Rivière, with introductions by Auguste Pavie. With 13 maps and 75 illustrations. 1902. 296 pages. (Tears, stains and a few foxing spots, mainly on the half-title page). - Volume V. Journeys in Upper Laos and along the borders of China and Burma by Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis. With 8 maps, 137 illustrations and a portrait of the author. 1902. 326 pages. (Tears, stains and a few foxing spots, mainly on the half-title page; a few wormholes). - Volume VI. Journey from the Mekong to Tonkin (1887 and 1888) by Auguste Pavie. With 4 maps and 79 illustrations. 1911. 348 pages. (Frontispiece damaged).
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