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The Costume of Hindostan - Frans Balthazar Solvyns - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Frans Balthazar Solvyns (1760 - 1824)

The Costume of Hindostan

FRANS BALTAZAR SOLVYNS, The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799, London: Edward Orme, 1804

246 pages including 57 of 60 hand-coloured line and stipple engraved plates (3 missing), by Scott or T Vivares after Solvyns along with descriptions for each plate in English and French
Later quarter-bound leather with front and back blackboards
37 x 28 x 3.2 cm

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Les Hindous: Ou Description De Leurs Moeurs, Coutumes Et Ceremonies - Frans Balthazar Solvyns - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Frans Balthazar Solvyns (1760 - 1824)

Les Hindous: Ou Description De Leurs Moeurs, Coutumes Et Ceremonies

FRANS 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 volume 1 only, titles with hand-coloured vignettes of views and a portrait of Solvyns, 290 of 292 coloured etched plates, 34 double-page mounted on guards, text in French and English, index leaf at end of each volume
Contemporary marbled boards
57 x 43 x 4.5 cm (each)

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