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.