[China] Album with 44 orig. gouaches
China, late 19th cent. Each drawing w. caption in pen in French at top, contemp. threadbound wrs., 30.5 x 20.5 cm. Last 7 drawings and backwr. wormholed in lower margin (2x sl. affecting the image, occas. stains and sm. tears. Wr. waterst., also sl. affecting the first and final drawing. A very fine and rare type of album, w. brightly coloured drawings dep. all kinds of subjects, incl. "Panthère", a soldier with a prostitute, "Pecheur" (3x), the butchering of a pig, "Tirailleur Saigonais", "Tirailleur Annamite", "Milicien au service des Mandarins", "Un ivrogne", "Soldat Moï", "Femme Moï", "Chasseur Moï", "Malabar", "Saigonaise", "Une exécution capitale (voleur)" (graphic image), "Boudhiste" (2x), "Un Annamite qui se prépare à partir dans un autre monde", prisoners, etc.