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Paris [1888], Librairie Ch. Delagrave. Red decorated cloth, very bright & solid, 22.5 x 32 cm., French text, drawings by Dick De Lonlay, 393p., all edge gilt, 4th edition,the usual bit of minor paper toning,else above average excellent copy. . *** **** *** . . AN EXCELLENT PRIMARY RESOURCE . . . LAVISHLY AND SKILLFULLY ILLUSTRATED . . * This work covers a French look at Tonking [North Vietnam], their exploration of the Mekong area [1886-1868], arrival of M. Dupuis, first attempts, return to Hanoi, second voyage of M. Dupuis, Francis Garnier, his arrival at Hanoi. . Commencement of French military activities against the North Vietnamese in the late 1880's, capture of Vietnamese bandits Hung-Yen & Phu-Ly at Hai-Dzuong and Nin-Binh. The death of Garnier, Henri Riviere. Please see scans of the table of contents posted to our website for more details. . The war with China over control of Vietnam, French bombardment of Canton and the Min river. . *** ILLUSTRATED BY DICK DE LONGLAY: This work and many others of this period and subject concerning the French war in N. Vietnam and in Southern China were either authored by and also illustrated by De Longlay. . * WHO WAS THE ARTIST: DICK DE LONGLAY [1846-1893]: . Dick de Lonlay is the pseudonym of George Hardouin, born Saint-Malo in 1846, died Moscow September 25, 1893], French writer, journalist book illustrator and cartoonist. . Former regimental guides of the Imperial Guard, he published major stories and specializes in contemporary military history by publishing the stories of the Franco-Prussian War. He also writes and illustrated his own stories with his drawings, while on French military campaigns. . He then became a war correspondent for The Illustrated World, especially during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, in 1889 he became editor of the newspaper THE FLAG, the official organ of the League of Patriots, founded by Paul Déroulède. . He was an eminent journalist and traveled with the French military on their expeditions called the "SINO-FRENCH WAR" [Chinese: Zhongfa Zhànzheng, French: Guerre Franco-Chinoise, Vietnamese: Chien Tranh Pháp-Thanh] against N. Vietnam and China, August 1884-April 1885. This war was also known as the "TONKIN WAR" and the "TONQUIN WAR." It was a limited conflict fought to decide whether France would supplant China's control of Tonkin [northern Vietnam. Although the Chinese armies performed better than in other 19th century foreign wars and the war ended with French defeat on land, the French gained most of the aims they wanted in the Treaty of Tientsin. . The French also successfully blockaded Formosa, and occupation of Keelung, Admiral Courbet's squadron attacks on Fuzhou, and in the Min river, riots in Hong Kong, French alliance with Japan. Japan and Russia threaten to join the war against China and the northern fleet. See Wikipedia below. . *** Color scans are posted to our website. . *** OCLC Number:553605536 . *** REFERENCES: . Books by DICK DE LONGLAY: . Au TONKIN, 1883-1885, Récits Anecdotiques.[In Tonkin, 1883-1885]. . Le Siège De Tuyên Quang Du 24 Novembre 1884 Au 3 Mars 1885, Garnier Frères, 1887. [The Tuyen Quang Headquarters on 24 November 1884 3 March 1885, Garnier Brothers, 1887] . Les Combats Du Général De Négrier Au Tonkin, Garnier 1889. [Fighting General Negrier Tonkin , Garnier 1889] . see: French wikipedia article on Dick_de_Lonlay . *** REFERENCES: . Dick De Longlay: See French wikipedia Dick_de_Lonlay * SINO-CHINESE WAR: see wikipedia Sino-French_War * see worldcat-org . *.