[Laos]. GOUVERNEMENT GENERAL DE L'INDOCHINE. Notice sur le L - Lot 86

[Laos]. GOUVERNEMENT GENERAL DE L'INDOCHINE. Notice sur le Laos français, published by order of M. Paul Doumer, Gouverneur général de l'Indo-Chine by the administrative staff of Laos under the direction of M. lieutenant-colonel Tournier. Hanoi, Imprimerie de F.-H. Schneider, 1900. In-4, (4)-191 p., 1 fold-out color map, period green half-percaline à la Bradel et à coins, fawn title page (rubbed), gilt arms and date, cover preserved. € First edition illustrated with a large folding color map: Carte de la Presqu'île indochinoise. Complete official description of the protectorate, which became part of the French Indochinese Union in 1899. Provenance: Bourdon de Rouvre (engraved bookplate; arms on spine of binding; and recipient of autograph consignment signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Tournier dated 1904), with a few handwritten notes in the text. A fine copy with wide margins. (Cordier, Indosinica, 1000).