First edition of this exceedingly rare pamphlet, written by a certain Le Mée from Haiphong, primarily describing the economic resources of Tonkin.
Work illustrated with a large folding map.
No copies recorded in the CCF.
Head and foot of spine chipped, a few minor spots of foxing.
First collected edition, in 12mo format, partly original, published in the author's collected works at the same time and by the same publisher as the 8vo edition (see Clouzot, Le guide du bibliophile, page 84).
Some light foxing.
In this three-volume 12mo edition, the numerous previously unpublished poems occupy the entirety of the third volume (see Clouzot, Le guide du bibliophile, page 84).
Contemporary bindings in black Russian half morocco with marbled paper boards, gilt fillet borders, smooth spines decorated with gilt rolls and floral tools, marbled endpapers, bindings executed in the Romantic revival style and signed by Yseux, successor to Simier.
Our copy lacks one of the four plates, but is otherwise illustrated with vignettes on the title pages and within the text.
This first, handsome and highly regarded collected edition of the poetical works, finely bound in a pastiche Romantic binding by Yseux, presenting many previously unpublished poems, is the preferred edition among collectors of first editions.
