[Atlas]. [Indochine]. Atlas minier de l'Indochine (Hanoi), S - Lot 5

[Atlas]. [Indochine]. Atlas minier de l'Indochine (Hanoi), Service géographique de l'Indochine, 1901-1926. In-plano (65 x 44 cm), 83 color maps mounted on fold-out or double-page tabs, period fawn half-basin with corners, smooth muted spine, red title-piece on upper board, black and red index tabs (binding very worn, upper board detached; ). Important thematic atlas comprising 83 colored topographic maps of Indochina at a scale of 1:100,000, drawn up, photographed and published under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Dubuisson and then Lieutenant-Colonel Edel, successively heads of the Indochina Geographic Service between 1920 and 1927 (Hanoi). A table of assembly and a typescript index of the maps are pasted at the head of the collection, followed by a third handwritten sheet pasted opposite sheet no. 1, Legend pour les calques des Cartes Minières: several of the maps feature pink-colored deposit zones bearing a handwritten toponym in red ink, indicating preparatory work on the mining maps mentioned on the title page of the "Atlas minier de l'Indochine" collection.