IACOVLEFF (Alexandre). Drawings and paintings of Asia executed during the Citroën Centre Asie expedition. Third HAARDT AUDOUIN-DUBREUIL mission. Paris, Jules Meynial, s. d. [1934]. In-folio of (16) bound ff. and 50 plates in sheets in a fibro-parchment publisher's folder with flaps, author and title stamped on the front cover, black silk laces, executed by Spicq. First edition published under the direction of Lucien Vogel, of the travel notes and drawings executed by Alexandre IACOVLEFF, official painter of the Citroën Centre Asie expedition, corresponding to the third Haardt, Audouin-Dubreuil mission, illustrated with numerous in-text sketches and 50 color plates, numbered 1 to 50. The plates and drawings were engraved and printed by Cichés-Union, while the preface was printed by Studiumet. Limited edition of 750 numbered copies, this one no. 144, one of 200 hors-commerce among the 700 comprising the text on Madagascar-Lafuma paper and the plates on vélin pur chiffon-Lafuma from Navarre paper mills. The text in Japanese binding. (usual discharges and discharges from the cloth of the Japanese binding). Provenance: Raymond Ravenel, former Chairman and CEO of Citroën automobiles. Expert: Mr Nicolas Asvisio - nicolas.asvisio@gmail.com - 06 47 79 88 52