Hindustan, or Hindu religion, customs, usages,... Lot 1

Hindustan, or Hindu religion, customs, usages, arts and crafts. Paris, Nepveu, (de l'impr. De Le Normant), 1816. 5/6 volumes in-18, volume V missing. Missing bindings Original edition of this work. Attributed by Barbier to Jean-Amable Pannelier but actually by the Marquis Renouard de Sainte-Croix (1773-1840), a French officer who travelled to the East Indies. Ill. numerous copper engraved plates, all beautifully enhanced, executed according to drawings commissioned by a former colonial prefect of Pondicherry. Picturesque representations of deities, religious ceremonies, trades, costumes, farming implements, scenes of hunting or merrymaking, etc.