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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. By Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta - François Balthazar Solvyns - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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. By Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta

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. By Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta, London: Edward Orme, 1807

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 half calf over marbled paper-covered boards housed in a green cloth slipcase.
14.5 x 10.5 in (37 x 26.5 cm)

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