Ecole Francaise D'extreme Orient, 1998, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Revised Third, Illustrated By: Line Drawings

650 g; 452 pages, includes index of text figures, bibliography, index of contents, index of Vietnamese words, index of proper names, index of places' names and bibliographical index. There is also a legend of the text and illustrations, of which there are 132. Colour illustrated dust jacket in original publisher's protective plastic wrapper. It first appearance the book seem to be damaged fore and aft, but on closer inspection, there is offset tanning of the end pages, and the front and rear paste downs disk coloured because of the type of glue used at the time of manufacture of the book. Making allowances for this, the book's condition is actually very good. . Within the scope of this book, the readers will discover all aspects of Vietnamese civilisation and culture through topics such as physical geography of Vietnam; a brief history of Vietnam, origins of Vietnamese culture, characteristics of Vietnamese material culture, macro-micro-cosmic characteristics of Vietnamese spiritual culture Vietnamese law and justice, Vietnamese peasantry, Vietnamese craftsmen, Vietnamese clothing, Vietnamese food and drinks, Vietnamese habitation, Vietnamese music and song, and Vietnamese literature. -- rear panel blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Line Drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Vietnam; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 0218119.