Bicentenaire de la Societe Asiatique, 1822-2022

Under the comforting aspect of a lavishly illustrated erudite collection, this album is a treasure hunting license. Not for breaking through walls, but for breaking enigmas. No need to break into the secret corridors of the Pyramids, to enter the mazes of the Maharajas' palaces! We can stay on the 'Left Bank', where the Societe Asiatique, open to those who ask, has not ceased, for two centuries, t...