[CHINA - COMPAGNIE CHEMINS de FER d'INDO-CHINE et YUNNAN] - Lot 493

[CHINA - COMPAGNIE CHEMINS de FER d'INDO-CHINE et YUNNAN] Compagnie française des Chemins de Fer de l'Indo-Chine et du Yunnan, Société de Construction de Chemins de Fer indo-chinois. Le Chemin de Fer du Yunnan. April 1910. Paris, imp. Goury, sd. 2 volumes in folio; Volume I: numerous photographic reproductions / Volume II (album): 62 plates (some folding or (and) in color) numbered 1-55 and 7 bis. Contemporary green chagrin, spine ribbed and ornamented, inner gilt garland, gilt fillet on edges, publisher's cover preserved. On the upper cover of the album (Volume II), Mr. Simon - Administrator engraved in gilding. Monumental work published by the Compagnie des chemins de fers de l'Indo-Chine et du Yunnan, retracing the extraordinary adventure of extending the Haiphong-Laokay line on the Chinese border to Yunnanfou, in the heart of the Yunnan mountains. Numerous plates of photographic reproductions follow the line kilometer by kilometer, revealing how each difficulty was overcome. The second volume, corresponding to the technical part, contains numerous plates of plans and sections of the line and all the engineering structures.