Voiliers d'Indochine.
Voiliers d'Indochine. Planches et hors texte de l'auteur. Nouvelle edition.
Saigon: 1949.
Folio, with 70 plates, a nice copy with original wrappers.
Junks and sampans of the Mekong River
Detailed monograph on traditional sailing craft of the Mekong, here reprinted from the rare first edition of 1943. The author was controller of Fisheries in French Indochina, and used his professional experience to illustrate a staggering array of junks and sampans, in addition to smaller sailing craft of the region. The seventy plates include silhouettes, plans, and finer details of sail and rigging.
Detailed monograph on traditional sailing craft of the Mekong, here reprinted from the rare first edition of 1943. The author was controller of Fisheries in French Indochina, and used his professional experience to illustrate a staggering array of junks and sampans, in addition to smaller sailing craft of the region. The seventy plates include silhouettes, plans, and finer details of sail and rigging.
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