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The costume of Indostan, elucidated by sixty coloured engravings; with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 / By Balt. Solvyns.

Frans Balthazar Solvyns · 1804 · London : E. Orme, [1804?] · 50 pictures

A costume plate book by Flemish artist Frans Balthazar Solvyns, drawn in Bengal in 1798–99 and published in London by E. Orme in 1804 with English and French descriptions for European buyers. Sixty hand-coloured engravings show single Indian figures standing on bare ground with their tools, drums, brooms and weapons, isolated against blank paper for easy cut-out use.

Costume · India

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