D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781- 1845), Tom Raw, The Griffin....., London, 1828
Item Details
D’OYLY, Sir Charles (1781-1845), Tom Raw, the Griffin: a burlesque Poem … of the Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company’s Service. London, R. Ackermann, 1828.
Half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 24 hand-colored plates after the author, of which 21 are aquatints and 3 lithographs, 10 pages of advertisements bound in at end. (Slight offsetting from plates.) Calf and gilt bound by Morrell, London.
FIRST EDITION. The poem ‘by a civilian and an officer on the Bengal Establishment’ describes the adventures of a cadet newly arrived in Calcutta. Sir Charles D’Oyly, an administrator in India and prolific amateur artist, wrote the doggerel epic and illustrated it with his own drawings. Plates with 1826 watermark. Abbey Travel 450; Schwerdt I, p.149; Tooley 186.
Title and Author/Editor | Tom Raw, the Griffin: a burlesque Poem … of the Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company’s Service, Sir Chales D’Oyly |
Genre | Classic, Comedy, Parody and Satire |
Illustrator | Sir Charles D’Oyly |
Type of Illustration | Aquatint, Lithograph |
Binding | Hardcover, Leather |
Publisher or Printer | R. Ackermann |
Publication Year | 1828 |
Place of Publication | London |
Number of Books | 1 |
Condition
- overall good condition, foxing and toning to edge of pagesDimensions
Item #
18DAL300-139