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[D'OYLEY, Charles (Sir)]. Tom Raw, the Griffin: a burlesque poem... descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India Company's service... by a civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment. London: J.Moyes for R.Ackermann, 1828.
8° (249 x 153mm.). Half-title, advertisments at end, 25 hand-coloured plates, 22 aquatint, three lithographed. Later blue morocco gilt, spine in six compartments, lettered in one, the others gilt with central ovals of onlaid red morocco, gilt turn-ins, red silk liners, t.e.g., by Riviere & Son. Provenance: Henry, Duke of Gloucester (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY. Abbey Travel 450; Tooley 186.
8° (249 x 153mm.). Half-title, advertisments at end, 25 hand-coloured plates, 22 aquatint, three lithographed. Later blue morocco gilt, spine in six compartments, lettered in one, the others gilt with central ovals of onlaid red morocco, gilt turn-ins, red silk liners, t.e.g., by Riviere & Son. Provenance: Henry, Duke of Gloucester (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY. Abbey Travel 450; Tooley 186.