first edition
1884 · Paris
by Norman, Charles Boswell
Paris: Hinrichsen et cie, 1884. First edition in French, 12mo, pp. vi, 318, [1]; very good in contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine. With accounts of French colonial politics, the geography of Tonkin, economics, relations of France with China, military matters, etc. The first edition in English was published earlier the same year.This copy with a few pencil annotations by an informed reader.
(Inventory #: 35812)