VIETNAM - THE MIEU TEMPLE (Imperial City of Hué) / Set in 2 - Lot 192

VIETNAM - THE MIEU TEMPLE (Imperial City of Hué) / Set in 2 Italian-style albums (cloth spines, titled soft covers, 37.5 x 23 cm) of 52 animal prints (some in duplicate), on Japanese paper (34 x 22 cm, 2-point mount) featuring the 18 bas-reliefs of the 9 large urns in front of The Mieu Temple in the Imperial City of Hué, Vietnam, Years 30, an explanatory leaflet in Vietnamese, English and French (attached to the albums) states that "this collection of prints affirms the value of the traditional art of Viet Nam", by "expressing the idea of unity, prosperity and stability of the kingdom": moon, stars, rain, wind, thunder, lightning, rivers, sea, mountains, flowers, fruit etc,