CHINE - AUGUSTE FRANÇOIS 1857-1935

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CHINE - AUGUSTE FRANÇOIS 1857-1935
Set of 16 typescripts made by the Consul Auguste François on his stay in Yunnan. - Tapuscript 1 : August 1886, Son-Taÿ. The end of the Bô-Giap band. (Pirates delivered to A. François under heavy gangs, severely wounded). Tapuscript of 6 pages. - Tapuscript 2: 1886, Judgment and execution of the Bô-Giap band. Tapuscript of 8 pages. - Tapuscript 3: July 1886. Son-Taÿ. Humorous" description of the pacification of his region by A. François. Tapuscript of 27 pages signed by Auguste François. - Tapuscript 4 : 1886. "In Tonkin. How Paul Bert understood the separation of powers" or "Method invented by a member of the Institute for use by the Tonkinese, in the year of grace 1886". Tapuscript 4 pages. - Tapuscript 5: 1887. First visit to Canton. Tapuscript of 10 pages. - Tapuscript 6: May 1887. Visit to the Empress of Annam, widow of Emperor Tu-Duc, at the palace of Hué. Tapuscript of 8 pages. - Tapuscript 7: November 1896. On the Si-Kiang. All Saints' Day at the bishopric of Koueï-Hien. (Fragmentary variant). Tapuscript 8: November 1896 "To my nieces". (Evocation of the missionaries Father Poulat and Father Mazel). Tapuscript 12 pages. - Tapuscript 9: January 1, 1899. On the Si Kiang between Canton and Tsiün-Tcheou. Tapuscript of 42 pages. - Tapuscript 10: February 10, 1899. Siang-Tcheou "The Prefecture of the Elephant", Reception by a Chinese "Prefect". Tapuscript of 5 pages. - Tapuscript 11: August 5 and September (1899). "On the road between Koueï Yang and Yun Nan Fou". Tapuscript of 24 pages -lacking the end- Tapuscript 12 : March 22, 1901. Saigon, Letter to Madame de Billy. (Sea crossing then description of the city etc...). Tapuscript of 11 pages. - Typescript 13: December 27, 1901. Yun-nan-sen, Chinese Reception. Letter to Madame de Billy. Tapuscript of 16 pages. - Tapuscript 14: July 24, 1903. Yun-Nan-Sen. Letter to Madame de Billy. Tapuscript of 4 pages. - Tapuscript 15: May 15, 1904. Farewell to Yun Nan Fou. (To Tibet). Tapuscript of 37 pages. - Tapuscript 16: Undated document: On the road between Koueï-Yang and Yun-Nan-Fou. Tapuscript of 16 pages.
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