Tom Raw, the Griffin : a burlesque poem, in twelve cantos : illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India Company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India

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Title: Tom Raw, the Griffin : a burlesque poem, in twelve cantos : illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India Company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India
Alternative Title: Griffin
Creator: D'Oyly, Charles, 1781-1845
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Adapting the Eye: An Archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, October 11, 2011-December 31, 2011)
Published / Created: 1828.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for R. Ackermann
Description: Spine title, on publisher's printed label: The Griffin: a burlesque poem: with twenty five engravings. Price 1L. 1 s.
Printed by J. Moyes, Took's Court, Chancery Lane.
First edition.
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in original brown paper covered boards. Bookplate: Fitz Eugene Dixon. [10] p. of publisher's advertisements at end not included in pagination.
Extent: viii, [3], 325 p., [25] leaves of plates : 25 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Digitization Note: Illustrations fully digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Z78 55
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Poetry
Lithographs Hand-colored 1828
Chron
Aquatints Hand-colored 1828
Material: col ill. ;
Subject (Geographic): India
Subject (Name): East India Company
East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic): Social life and customs
British
Subjects: East India Company > Poetry
East India Company. Army > Poetry
India > Social life and customs > Poetry
British > India > Poetry
Hand-colored > 1828
Chron > 1828
Ackermann, R. > Publisher
Moyes, J. > Printer
Dixon, Fitz Eugene > Bookplate

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Identifiers

Catalog Record: 1250823
Object ID (OID): 2006043