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(Phnom-Penh): Commission des Moeurs et Coutumes du Cambodge / Albert Portail, 1951. Very good.. Colonial-era introduction for Francophone readers to the annual holidays and religious observances in Cambodia, with a pamphlet for the Office des Arts Cambodiens laid in. Commission members included Eveline Poree-Maspero, L'Achar Chap-Pin, Mmes. Pich-Sal and Chham-Chhom, and MM. Chek-Prak, Chau-Tuch, and Luy-Sien. With an appendix page showing a chart of the 60-year calendar cycle, and a fold-out calendar (Calendrier des Fetes) of annual festivals and observances. Leaflet from the Office des Arts Cambodgiens laid in, with original receipt for a purchase of pieces of Cambodian Art by Thomas Corcoran (of the U.S. State Department), dated 1951. 10'' x 7.75''. Original perfect-bound tan wraps. Leaflet for the Office des Arts Cambodgiens laid in. Light shelfwear and scuffing; mild toning and foxing. Creasing to back cover. Pages toned.