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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Rs 4,00,000 - 5,00,000
$4,820 - 6,025
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Rs 8,40,000 |
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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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Rs 34,00,000 - 40,00,000
$40,965 - 48,195
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Rs 1,14,00,000 |
$137,349
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