Neuchatel, Switzerland: Editions de la Baconnière, 1942. First edition; no. 904 of 1500 copies. 130, [14]pp; 42 mounted gravure plates. Sewn in printed French wraps; glassine dust jacket. Creasing and wear along fore-edge of wraps. Jacket toned with numerous small chips. Very good, with all plates present.
A forty-one page text by Swiss writer and journalist Eric de Montmollin (1907-2011), accompanied by forty-two black-and-white photographic plates illustrating various aspects of Chinese life, landscape, and architecture. All text in French.
