Guide au Tonkin. Hanoi & Haiphong. Spécialement recommandé aux personnes arrivant dans la colonie: officers, fonctionnaires négociants, colons, etc. de Schneider, F.-H - 1900

Hanoi: F.-H. Schneider, imprimeur-editeur, 1900. 16mo (6" x 3¾"), pp. [2], ii, 119, [1], [39] ads, [1]; 5 folding maps (4 colored) and 2 folding tables; original tan printed wrappers a little soiled, but very good. The first of an intended series of "Petits Guides Indo-Chinois," it describes the region's postal, telegraph, and monetary systems; offers timetables and other details on steamer service and railroad travel; gives practical tips on local customs, clothing, health, hygiene, etc., and brief histories are provided of the principal cities and their attractions. Other sections include those on opium, entertainments, natural resources, a 12-page almanac showing feast and festival days, even tide tables. In addition to the general map of French Indo-China (including Siam, Burma, Hai-Nam, and the southeastern portions of China), the maps include "Plan de la Ville de Haiphoing," "Plan de la Ville de Hanoi," "Cartes des Voies Fluviales du Tonkin," and "Carte du Reseau des Chemins de Fer de l'Indo-Chine." At the back are many ads (often illustrated) for hotels, restaurants, horseback riding lessons, wines and spirits, a pharmacy, clothing stores, books, fabric, and more. Not in OCLC or KVK.