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Description
1912 [ANGKOR] Set of five volumes comprising: - COMMAILLE (Jean), Guide to the Ruins of Angkor. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1912. An illustrated edition featuring 154 engravings and 3 maps. Hardback. 241 pages. Dimensions: 19x12 cm. The book has been personalised by the addition of the cover from the Angkor tourist brochure, designed by Le Phô. This is one of three booklets published by the Imprimerie d’Extrême Orient in Hanoi (circa 1931) for the General Government of Indochina. (Some foxing). - GROSLIER (George), Famous Cities of Art. Angkor. Paris, Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens, 1924. Illustrated edition featuring 103 engravings and 5 maps and plans. Hardback. 160 pages. Dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm. (Paper slightly yellowed). - MASPERO (Georges), The Kingdom of Champa. Paris and Brussels, Librairie Nationale d’Art et d’Histoire, G. van Oest, publisher, 1928. Illustrated edition featuring numerous plates and illustrations. Paperback. 276 pages. Dimensions: 29 x 20 cm. Untrimmed copy. (Foliate stains). - MARCHAL (Henri), Guide archéologique aux Temples d'Angkor. Paris and Brussels, Éditions G. van Oest, 1928. An illustrated edition featuring numerous plates and illustrations. Hardback. Accompanied by three fold-out black-and-white maps as inserts. Numerous additions by a previous owner, including the cover of a leaflet from the Indochinese Tourist Office, a map of the ruins of Angkor and photographs of Angkor Wat. 217 pages. Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.5 cm. - MARCHAL (Henri) and MIESTCHANINOFF (Oscar), Khmer Sculptures. Paris, Librairie de France, F. Sant’Andrea, L. Marcerou & Cie, probably c. 1930. Unpaginated paperback volume, illustrated edition with 26 photographic plates. Dimensions: 27 × 21.5 cm. (Binding damaged; paper yellowed and stained in places).
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