Title: The Costume of Hindostan Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engraving; With Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799 Author: Solvyns, [Frans] Balt[asar] Place: London Publisher: Edward Orme Date: 1807 [but circa 1821] Description: Unpaginated. 60 hand-colored stipple engraved or etched plates. (Folio) 14¼x10¼, early green full morocco stamped in gilt and blind, all edges gilt. Each plate with a leaf of descriptive text in English and French. Several of the plates watermarked with the date 1821. "The book is based on Solvyn's earlier work ... The Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos....William Orme made water-colour copies from Solvyns's originals, for the engravers. These copies are much better drawn than Solvyns's originals, and the ... stipple engravings are correspondingly an improvement on Solvyns's etchings' (Abbey). Abbey Travel 429; Tooley 461. Lot Amendments Condition: Front cover detached, edges worn, scuffing; occasional light foxing, smudging to a few leaves; plates overall clean and with excellent color. Item number: 207111
Title: The Costume of Hindostan Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engraving; With Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799 Author: Solvyns, [Frans] Balt[asar] Place: London Publisher: Edward Orme Date: 1807 [but circa 1821] Description: Unpaginated. 60 hand-colored stipple engraved or etched plates. (Folio) 14¼x10¼, early green full morocco stamped in gilt and blind, all edges gilt. Each plate with a leaf of descriptive text in English and French. Several of the plates watermarked with the date 1821. "The book is based on Solvyn's earlier work ... The Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos....William Orme made water-colour copies from Solvyns's originals, for the engravers. These copies are much better drawn than Solvyns's originals, and the ... stipple engravings are correspondingly an improvement on Solvyns's etchings' (Abbey). Abbey Travel 429; Tooley 461. Lot Amendments Condition: Front cover detached, edges worn, scuffing; occasional light foxing, smudging to a few leaves; plates overall clean and with excellent color. Item number: 207111
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