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The first great ethnographic survey of life in Bengal - in beautiful lithographs

SOLVYNS, Baltazar.
Les Hindous.

With a coloured lithograph view on the title of each volume, and 288 beautifully colour-printed plates, all extra coloured by hand, divided into 12 series of 6 in each volume, depicting costumes, scenes from daily life, and views from the environment of the Bengal people.

With a coloured lithograph view on the title of each volume, and 288 beautifully colour-printed plates, all extra coloured by hand, divided into 12 series of 6 in each volume, depicting costumes, scenes from daily life, and views from the environment of the Bengal people.

With a coloured lithograph view on the title of each volume, and 288 beautifully colour-printed plates, all extra coloured by hand, divided into 12 series of 6 in each volume, depicting costumes, scenes from daily life, and views from the environment of the Bengal people.

With a coloured lithograph view on the title of each volume, and 288 beautifully colour-printed plates, all extra coloured by hand, divided into 12 series of 6 in each volume, depicting costumes, scenes from daily life, and views from the environment of the Bengal people.

With a coloured lithograph view on the title of each volume, and 288 beautifully colour-printed plates, all extra coloured by hand, divided into 12 series of 6 in each volume, depicting costumes, scenes from daily life, and views from the environment of the Bengal people.



Paris, chez l'auteur & H. Nicolle, 1808-1812. 4 vols. Large folio. Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt. With a coloured lithograph view on the title of each volume, and 288 beautifully colour-printed plates, all extra coloured by hand, divided into 12 series of 6 in each volume, depicting costumes, scenes from daily life, and views from the environment of the Bengal people.

Rare first edition of this beautifully illustrated work by the Flemish artist Baltazar Solvyns (1760-1824), providing a rich and compelling portrait of the India of two hundred years ago. Every plate is accompanied by text in French and English, the English translation being done by his wife Mary Anne Greenwood Solvyns. The preliminaries are attributed to G. B. Depping, although they are also claimed for by G. Delvenne. The prints depict the people of Bengal in their occupations, festivals, and daily life. 
Solvyns's portrayal of India constitutes an unrivalled visual account of the people of Bengal in the late eighteenth century. As an artist, Solvyns provided a prototype for the genre of 'Company School' paintings of occupations, done by Indian artists for the British, that became popular in the early nineteenth century. But more significantly from an historical and social perspective, Solvyns's work, with its accompanying descriptions, constitutes "the first great ethnographic survey of life in Bengal."
Fine set.
Abbey, Travel 430; Colas 2767 "ce livre est rare et il n'existe que très peu d'exemplaires complets"; not in Numa Broc and Chadenat.

Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  India  Religion 

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