The Costume of Indostan (1804)

Name: The Costume of Indostan (1804)
SKU: 9782387815187
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Solvyns’s sixty hand-coloured engravings of the castes, trades and dress of Bengal, with descriptions in English and French. Facsimile of the London edition, Edward Orme, 1804, plates in colour.

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SKU: 9782387815187 Categories: History & Society, New Arrivals, Social Science

Binding: Perfect Bound

Pages: 254Author: Balthazar Solvyns

Description

Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824) drew the people of Bengal in 1798 and 1799: castes, trades, servants and religious figures. This edition by Edward Orme presents sixty coloured engravings, each with its description in English and in French. The plates are reproduced in colour.This is a faithful print-on-demand facsimile of the 1804 London edition, reproduced in full from library copies (Wellcome Collection). The historical text is reproduced without modification; only the format, margins and legibility have been reset for modern printing.