The European in India / from a collection of drawings by Charles Doyley, Esq. ; engraved by J.H. Clark and C. Dubourg ; with a preface and copious descriptions, by Thomas Williamson ; accompanied with A brief history of ancient and modern India, from the earliest periods of antiquity to the termination of the late Mahratta War, by F.W. Blagdon.
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Blagdon, Francis William (1778-1819)
Williamson, Thomas (1758-1817)
Date: 1813
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A light and humorous book, this work gives a glimpse of the various manners of the British in India in the early 19th century. There are 20 plates in this book, and each is accompanied by short and amusing descriptions.
The colored aquatints plates show : a European gentleman with his moonshee, a gentleman dressing, a gentleman with is sircar or money servant, a dancing woman of Bengal; a dancing woman of Lucknow; kaut pootlies or puppets, a native gentleman smoking a hooka, etc. The book ends with a short history of India : from the earliest times, up till the Maratha war.
"A brief history of ancient and modern India," by F.W. Blagdon: p. [61]-149.
First Edition. 4to. 27 by 21 cm.
[6], 149, [9] p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
References:
Brunet, V, col. 1456; Abbey, J.R. Travel, 435; Tooley, R.V. Coloured plates (1979 ed.), 185; Colas, R. Costume, 887.
Publisher: London : Published and sold by Edward Orme
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Date Added: 2019-07-31
Blagdon, Francis William, D'Oyly, Charles, Dubourg, Matthew, Williamson, Thomas, The European in India. London : Published and sold by Edward Orme. 1813.
Blagdon, Francis William, D'Oyly, Charles, Dubourg, Matthew, Williamson, Thomas, (1813) The European in India. London : Published and sold by Edward Orme.
Blagdon, Francis William, D'Oyly, Charles, Dubourg, Matthew, Williamson, Thomas, The European in India. London : Published and sold by Edward Orme. 1813.
