 Funded by a subscription from the Minister of Colonies and the "High Patronage of His Majesty Sisowath, King of Cambodia," Groslier published "Danseuses Cambodgiennes – Anciennes et Modernes" ("Cambodian Dancers – Ancient and Modern") in Paris in 1913.Although the first edition totaled only 30 copies, this seminal work became, in one scholar's words, "the first commentary in any language – Asian or European – on one of the world’s most refined performing arts whose roots stretch to antiquity.