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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. By a civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment.

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. By a civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment.
Author
DʼOyly, Charles, 1781-1845.
Publication
London, R. Ackermann, 1828.

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Description
vii, 325 p. 25 col. plates.; 27 cm.
Alternative Title
A civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment.
Subject
  • East India Company
  • British > India
  • Smoking > Poetry
  • Water-pipes (Smoking paraphernalia)
  • Smoking in art
Note
  • Tooley: English books with coloured plates, 1954, 186 /
  • Dutch pipe-smokers at the Cape of Good Hope: p. 14, 16; plate facing p. 15. British hookah-smokers in India: p. 33, 44; plates facing p. 33, 44, 205, 263, 280.
  • Provenance: Sylvan Lawrence Froelich (bookplate).
Call Number
Arents S 0999
LCCN
15017096
OCLC
  • 6590620
  • NYPG754434315-B
Author
DʼOyly, Charles, 1781-1845.
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. By a civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment.
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London, R. Ackermann, 1828.
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A civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment.
Research Call Number
Arents S 0999
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