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The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799 - François Balthazar Solvyns - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799

François Balthazar Solvyns, The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799 1799. By Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta, London: Edward Orme, 1804

254 unnumbered pages, 4 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings and 56 hand-coloured line- or stipple-engraved plates by Scott or Vivares, after François Balthazar Solvyns along with descriptions for each plate in English and French; contemporary full leather-bound with blind stamped gilt ornate border to the front and back boards, along with the rebacked spine with gilt text
38 x 28 x 3.5 cm

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Les Hindous: Ou Description de Leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies [Rothschild Collection] - François Balthazar Solvyns - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Les Hindous: Ou Description de Leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies [Rothschild Collection]

François Balthazar Solvyns, Les Hindous: Ou Description de Leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies, Paris: Chez l'Auteur & H Nicolle, 1808-1812

Set of 4 volumes
Half-titles in all the 4 volumes, titles with hand-coloured vignettes of views and a portrait of Solvyns, 292 coloured etched plates, 36 double-page mounted on guards, text in French and English, index leaf at end of each volume
Half-bound with contemporary marbled boards with five raised bands and gilt text at the spine
57 x 43 x 5.5 cm) (each)

Provenance: Bibliothèque du baron James de Rothschild.

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