Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part I 28th & Part II 29th June 2022

Fine Asian Art | 28-29 & 30 June 2022 167 Additional information and photographs for all lots can be found at www.adams.ie 319 PUBLICATION DE L’ECOLE D’ART DE GIADINH, SAIGON (GIADING SCHOOL OF ART PUBLICATION) J.G. BESSON, CONTROLLER OF INDOCHINA’S SCHOOL OF ARTS (UNDER THE DIRECTION OF) MONOGRAPHIE DESSINEE DE L’INDOCHINE COCHINCHINE (DRAWN MONOGRAPH OF INDOCHINA COCHINCHI- NA) ASSOCIATION CORPORATIVE DES DECORATEURS, GRAVEURS ET LITHOGRAPHES DE GIADINH (CORPORATION ASSOCIATION OF THE DECOTORS, ENGRAVERS AND 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 (miss- ing 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. [TOTAL: +/- 300 LITHOGRAPHS - ALL NUMBERS GIVEN IN THAT DESCRIPTION ARE APPROXIMATE] 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. € 6,000 - 8,000