LA COCHINCHINE
Lot 742
250280
– illustrated album with
456 engravings (Album
Général illustré de 456
gravures sur cuivre)
Ed. photo NADAL,
Saigon, 118-120 rue
Catinat
In-4 oblong, 173 pp.,
illustrated with 456 copper
engravings, paperback, illustrated cover. Vast collection of
engravings in black, sepia and sanguine, representing one by one
the different provinces of Cochinchina, with a presentation text
in French and English for each one.
Cover of binding almost completely detached, good
conditions inside.
37,2 x 27,6 cm
Cochinchina is a historical exonym for part of Vietnam.
Sometimes it referred to the whole of Vietnam, but it was
commonly used to refer to the region south of the Gianh
River.