. . . . . . . . . . . . "40549383"^^ . . . . "L'Inde fran\u00E7aise"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "3368"^^ . . . . . . . . . "L'Inde fran\u00E7aise or \"L'Inde fran\u00E7aise ou Collection de dessins lithographi\u00E9s repr\u00E9sentant les divinit\u00E9s, temples, costumes, physionomies, meubles, armes, et ustensiles, des peuples Hindous qui habitent les possessions fran\u00E7aises de l'Inde, et en g\u00E9n\u00E9ral la c\u00F4te de Cormandel et le Malabar\" (transl.\u2009The French India or Collection of lithographed drawings representing the deities, temples, costumes, physiognomies, furniture, weapons, and utensils, of the Hindu peoples who inhabit the French possessions of India, and in general the coast of Cormandel and the Malabar) was a collection of 144 lithographed plates issued in 25 parts between 1827 and 1835 by J.-J. Chabrelie, and the first important French book on India. L'Inde fran\u00E7aise was about the French possessions in India, which were colonial"@en . "1053497041"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "L'Inde fran\u00E7aise or \"L'Inde fran\u00E7aise ou Collection de dessins lithographi\u00E9s repr\u00E9sentant les divinit\u00E9s, temples, costumes, physionomies, meubles, armes, et ustensiles, des peuples Hindous qui habitent les possessions fran\u00E7aises de l'Inde, et en g\u00E9n\u00E9ral la c\u00F4te de Cormandel et le Malabar\" (transl.\u2009The French India or Collection of lithographed drawings representing the deities, temples, costumes, physiognomies, furniture, weapons, and utensils, of the Hindu peoples who inhabit the French possessions of India, and in general the coast of Cormandel and the Malabar) was a collection of 144 lithographed plates issued in 25 parts between 1827 and 1835 by J.-J. Chabrelie, and the first important French book on India. L'Inde fran\u00E7aise was about the French possessions in India, which were colonial possessions rather than mere trading posts. They included Pondich\u00E9ry, Karikal and Yanaon on the Coromandel Coast, Mah\u00E9 on the Malabar Coast, and Chandernagor in Bengal. It was published in Paris in two folio volumes, the first of 90 plates, the second of 54, and the first edition dedicated to Paul Demidoff. The text was written by Eug\u00E8ne Burnouf (1801-1852), a philologist and professor at the Coll\u00E8ge de France, and an authority on the Indian subcontinent - he was also considered the father of modern Buddhist studies and produced many translations from Sanskrit. In the preface to L'Inde fran\u00E7aise, he laments the lack of interest in India shown by his countrymen. The numerous deities of the Hindu pantheon are depicted, as are ceremonies and religious festivals, some notable civil and religious personalities, crafts and costumes sorted by caste, craftsmen, artists and scientists, barber, school teacher, astronomer, writer, doctor, merchant, water carrier, weaver, priest, gardener, launderer, stonemason, singer, dancer and hunter. The images were painted by A. G\u00E9ringer, Louis Thomas Bardel, Feuch\u00E8re, Midy, Weber, Beau, Jacques Fran\u00E7ois Gauderique Llanta, Ch\u00E9nal, Jean-Pierre Th\u00E9not, Jean Francois Victor Dollet and F\u00E9lix-Achille Saint-Aulaire. Mainly, they were worked on by (1785\u20131836), a foremost lithographic printer of the time."@en . .