SARZEAU (J. pseud, commander). War stories. The French in To - Lot 205

SARZEAU (J. pseud, commander). War stories. The French in Tonkin. Paris, Bloud et Barral, [1895]. In-8, 473 p., (6) p. bookseller's catalog, 8 figs, contemporary brown half-basin, smooth spine decorated (spine and elbows rubbed, endpapers up. mq., a little out of order). First edition. Account of the conquest of Tonkin "drawn from authentic sources, principally the official reports of generals and commanders, yellow books etc., supplemented by the accounts of numerous eyewitnesses" (Preface). The illustration includes 8 portraits of Francis Garnier, Commandant Rivière, Admiral Courbet, General de Négrier, Lieutenant-Colonel Dominé, General Duchesne, General Brière de l'Isle and General Giovanninelli. Handwritten bookplate at the foot of the faux-tittre; old stamp repeated "Cercle des Officiers - Bibliothèque - Place d'Angers". (Cordier, Indosinica, 2552).