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39 - Dormieux (Francois) Hindoostany Characters, engraved title, with 37 engravings only (of 40) of Indian 'types', numbered in the plates 1-40 (lacking nos. 27, 28, 33, and 38), all finely coloured in a contemporary hand, fire damage visible to margins, notably the title and first five plates, with nos. 20-3 1 the damage gets progressively worse but not affecting the plates, but from nos. 32-40 the damage continues to progress with some loss within the plates, all with associated toning, throughout volume the upper left corners are missing, scattered surface dirt, marbled wrappers, green string binding, worn with losses, 8vo, 1805
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Dormieux (Francois) Hindoostany Characters, engraved title, with 37 engravings only (of 40) of Indian 'types', numbered in the plates 1-40 (lacking nos. 27, 28, 33, and 38), all finely coloured in a contemporary hand, fire damage visible to margins, notably the title and first five plates, with nos. 20-3 1 the damage gets progressively worse but not affecting the plates, but from nos. 32-40 the damage continues to progress with some loss within the plates, all with associated toning, throughout volume the upper left corners are missing, scattered surface dirt, marbled wrappers, green string binding, worn with losses, 8vo, 1805
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