Indian costumes and vehicles; circa 1800. Hindu pandit or scholar 1; a Muslim fakir 2; a writer with palm paper 3; idol chariot decorated with Hindu gods 4; and hackery or ox-driven carriage. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children); Weimar; 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1;200 engraved plates on natural history; science; costume; mythology; etc.; published from 1790-1830.