[Asia]. AUDOUIN-DUBREUIL. HAARDT. - Lot 235

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[Asia]. AUDOUIN-DUBREUIL. HAARDT. - Lot 235
[Asia]. AUDOUIN-DUBREUIL. HAARDT. Citroën Central Asia Expedition. [YELLOW CRUISE]. A collection of two rare publications on the famous Yellow Cruise, also known as the “Citroën Central Asia Expedition” or the “3rd G.M. Haardt–Audouin-Dubreuil Mission.” - Citroën Central Asia Expedition.... Paris, (ca. 1933). Oblong 8vo (27.5 x 21 cm), unpaginated. Publisher’s black felt cover with flaps, red Chinese seal and gilt title stamped on the top cover, gilt endpapers (cover slightly rubbed). Illustrated souvenir album of “La Croisière jaune.” Numerous sepia-toned photogravure reproductions accompanied by short captions (Desfossés Néogravure). A frontispiece map traces the mission’s route from Beirut to Beijing, following the Silk Road. - Citroën Central Asia Expedition. Compilation of “Excerpts from L’Illustration from February 28, 1931 [through] August 27, 1932.” Paris, L’Illustration, (ca. 1933). Folio (37 x 28 cm), unpaginated. Publisher’s black cloth binding, with a red Chinese seal and gilded title stamped on the upper cover (covers slightly rubbed). Numerous reproductions of photographs in black, chromolithographs, or sepia heliographs. Provenance: “André Citroën, / 31 rue Octave Feuillet,” engraved CDV, pasted to the first endpaper).
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