GROSLIER (George)Livre Rare Book
[ANGKOR WAT - FRENCH COLONIAL LITERATURE] BRANDA, PAUL (PSEUDONYM OF PAUL EMILE MARIE REVEILLeRE)Biblio.com
Ça et La: Cochinchine et Cambodge: L'Ame Khmere Ang-Kor. Here and there: <br>Cochinchina and Cambodia the Khmer soul Ang-Kor.
1886223737Paris.: Librairie Fischbacher. First Edition. 1886. Half title publisher's advertisement title page in red and black with publisher's vignette iv 451 pp; modern full red morocco spine with raised bands and black title labels gilt lettered 18 x 12 cms the original title wrappers bound in browned and stained scant foxing mainly affecting the contents leaves but the text clean and bright in very good condition. Scarce French colonial travel memoir and cultural study written by Rear Admiral Paul-Émile-Marie Réveillère 1829–1908 under the pseudonym Paul Branda. He served as the Commander of the French Navy in Cochinchina southern Vietnam from August 1884 to August 1886. The work offers firsthand insights into French gunboat diplomacy in Southeast Asia and early European romanticization of the Khmer culture and Angkor ruins. . Librairie Fischbacher. hardcover
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