Asiatic costumes, a series of 44 coloured engravings, with a description to each subject1828 - 120 pages |
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24 coloured Engravings 30 plates amongst ASIATIC atlas attend AYAH BANGY-WALA BARBURDAR bearers beautiful Bengal bihishtees Birmans boards brahmins Calcutta castagnettes castes ch'hata CH'HATA-WALA CHARLES WOOD chillum CHOB-DAR CHOUKEE-DAR cloth round coarse costume cotton cloth covered DAUK-WALA Demy 4to Ditto drums elephant 4to European females fingers Fleet Street fly-flap Fort William frequently FUQEER gold lace higher classes Hindoos Hindoostan hoqqu hoqqu-burdar Imperial 8vo India instrument jacket KHIDMUTGAR KHOLE kupra LITHOGRAPHY livery MACE-BEARER manner master mauns ments MOONSHEE Moosul Moosulmauns MUSICIAN PLAYING NATIVE LADY Nautch Girl numbers observations on Plate ornamented palanquin PALKEE PICTURESQUE TOUR piece of muslin Price REPOSITORY OF ARTS richly round the loins royal 8vo rupees ryots saringee servants shawl shoulders silver Singing Girl sipahee skin sometimes subadar SUNTOO-BURDAR surcars SYNTAX TIBET TONJON TOURS OF DR tremely soft trimmed with gold trowsers tubla tumboora turband voice vols wear white muslin worn wrapped round yellow
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