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(COMBE IMITATION.) The Grand Master; or, Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. A Hudibrastic Poem . . . by Quiz. 28 hand-colored aquatintsby THOMAS ROWLANDSON, including title and folding "map." Errata slip. Large 8vo, later .5 burgundy straight-grain

(COMBE IMITATION.) The Grand Master; or, Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. A Hudibrastic Poem . . . by Quiz. 28 hand-colored aquatintsby THOMAS ROWLANDSON, including title and folding "map." Errata slip. Large 8vo, later .5 burgundy straight-grain morocco. London, 1816 E300500 FIRST EDITION of a work in the style of William Combe. This copy has leaf c8 (pages 31-32), often lacking. "The book is a fierce satire against Lord Moira, Marquis of Hastings, then Governor General[of Bengal]"-Abbey Travel 437. Tooley 412.

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