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345 - PAVIE (Auguste). Mission Pavie. Indo-China 1879-1895. Publis…
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PAVIE (Auguste). Mission Pavie. Indo-China 1879-1895. Published under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Colonies and the Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts. First edition in 10 volumes. Ernest Leroux Augustin Challamel. Paris 1898-1919, 22. 3 x 28. 5 cm for the 10 text volumes & 22, 8 x 33, 3 cm for the atlas, 11 bound text volumes + 1 bound atlas + 1 map in slipcase. Work on former French Indochina divided into : I The Geography and Travels section: Vols I & II: Expose des Travaux de la Mission -Vol III: Voyages au Laos et chez les sauvages du sud-est de l'Indochine- Vol. IV: Travels in the centre of Annam and Laos and in the wild regions of eastern Indo-China - Vol. V: Travels in upper Laos and on the borders of China and Burma - Vol. VI: Passage of the Mekhong in Tonkin (1887 and 1888) - VII: Travel diary. Illustrated with 52 hors-texte maps and portraits (40 in colour), numerous plates and maps in text; II Etudes diverses Vol. I. Recherches sur la littérature du Cambodge, du Laos et du Siam -Vol. II : Recherches sur l'histoire du Cambodge, du Laos et du Siam - Vol. III : Recherches sur l'histoire naturelle de l'Indo-Chine orientale illustrated with 43 hors-texte plates and maps (35 in colour), plus numerous plates in text. Atlas. Notes and Maps. 1 volume (1903). Illustrated with 10 coloured maps. The "Pavie Mission" was a vast operation launched by Auguste Pavie (1847-1925) in 1889 to explore and map French Indochina (now Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos). The volumes describe the expeditions, populations, zoology, literature and history of these regions. A fine copy.
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