BROUGHTON (Thomas Duer). Les Marattes ou moeurs, usages et c - Lot 23

BROUGHTON (Thomas Duer). Les Marattes ou moeurs, usages et costumes de ce peuple. Paris, Nepveu, 1817. 2 volumes in 1 vol. in-16, (2)-XV-202 p. ; (2)-238 p., 10 watercolor plates, contemporary glazed blond calf, ornate smooth spine, black morocco title-piece and ornament, gilt fillet and frieze framing the boards, gilt edges (snags to the headpieces, dull corners, a few freckles). First edition in French; translated from English by Breton de la Martinière. Dedicated to the Marathas, a Hindu people from Maharashtra in western India, who revolted against Mughal rule in the 18th century. 10 watercolor plates of costumes, six of them folding, engraved by T. Baxter, Atkinson or Moses after drawings by Deen Alce or Atkinson. Provenance: Ex-libris "M.A. Colson"; label Viau y Zona Florida 637-41. (Brunet, I, 1280; Colas, 454; Abbey, Travel, 433; Tooley, 114).