Adam's Fine Asian Art Preview 23 November 2021

88 PUBLICATION DE L’ECOLE D’ART DE GIADINH, SAIGON (GIADINH SCHOOL OF ART PUBLICATION) J.G. BESSON, CONTROLLER OF INDOCHINA’S SCHOOL OF ARTS (UNDER THE DIRECTION OF) MONOGRAPHIE DESSINEE DE L’INDOCHINE COCHINCHINE (0 MONOGRAPH OF INDOCHINA COCHINCHINA ASSOCIATION CORPORATIVE DES DECORATEURS, GRAVEURS ET LITHOGRAPHES DE GIADINH (CORPORATION ASSOCIATION OF THE DECOTORS, ENGRAVERS A ND LITHOGRAPHERS OF GIADINH) PARIS, LIBRAIRIE ORIENTALISTE PAUL GEUTHNER, 12 RUE VAVIN (VITH DISTRICT), MCMXXXV (1935) PREFACE BY LOUIS MALLERET TOME I: SITES ET GENS (SITES AND PEOPLES) In-folio. Title page of the publication. Title page of the Tome. Plate summary. Complete preface of the publication by Louis Malleret (11 pages). 40 plates originally. 39 plates (missing one plate, no. 40). TOME II: SITES ET GENS (SITES AND PEOPLES) In-folio. Missing title page of the publication. Title page of the Tome. Plate summary. 40 plates originally. 12 plates (missing no. 1-5, 9-16, 18-20, 26, 28-35, 38-40). TOME III: SITES ET GENS (SITES AND PEOPLES) In-folio. Title page of the publication. Title page of the Tome. Plate summary. 40 plates originally. Complete. TOME IV: AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIE ET COMMERCE (AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY AND TRADE) In-folio. Title page of the publication. Title page of the Tome. Plate summary. 42 plates originally. Complete. TOME V: AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIE ET COMMERCE (AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY AND TRADE) In-folio. Title page of the publication. Title page of the Tome. Plate summary. 40 plates originally. Complete. TOME VI: AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIE ET COMMERCE (AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY AND TRADE) In-folio. Title page of the publication. Title page of the Tome. Plate summary. 40 plates originally. Complete. One tear to the title page of the publication. TOME VII: THEATRE SINO-ANNAMITE (CHINESE ANNAMESE THEATER) In-folio. Title page of the publication. Title page of the Tome. Plate summary. 42 plates originally. Complete. TOME VIII: CULTE (DEVOTION) In-folio. Title page of the publication. Title page of the Tome. Plate summary. 42 plates originally. Complete. €10,000 - 20,000 NOTES: 1. All the plates are lithographs. 8 tomes from a series of 13 tomes. A very rare publication. Such a lot with that many tomes has never been seen at auction previously. 2. Compare with a single tome (no. 3) of this collection of 13 tomes offered at auction at Lynda Trouve Paris, 2019/04/01, lot 190 sold for €2.000 BP excl.