LAUNAY (Adrien): Atlas of the missions of... - Lot 105 - Richard Maison de ventes

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LAUNAY (Adrien): Atlas of the missions of... - Lot 105 - Richard Maison de ventes
LAUNAY (Adrien): Atlas of the missions of the society of foreign missions. Lille, Desclée de Brouwer & Cie, 1890. 33 by 52 cm. 2 sheets, then 27 colour maps accompanied by 27 geographical and historical notes. ½ grey percaline with publisher's corners, titled on flat. 1st plate a little browned. The tabs distinguishing each map are browned, and the work has scattered freckles in the margins, without reaching the maps. The maps were drawn by LAUNAY in 1889, and are very accurate. He describes: Pondicherry - Coimbatore - Maussur - Southern Burma - Northern Burma - Siam - Malacca Peninsula - Cambodia - Western Cochinchinchina - Eastern Cochinchina - Northern Cochinchina - Southern Tong-King - Western Tong-King - Kouang-Tong - Kouang-Si - Kouy-Tcheou - Yun-Nan - Western Su-Tchuen - Eastern Su-Tchuen - Southern Su-Tchuen - Tibet - Manchuria - Korea - Southern Japan - Central Japan - Northern Japan. A handwritten submission from the author on the front page. A rare atlas, valuable for the regions described, and in very good condition.
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