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TITLE: The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. A Hudibrastic Poem in Eight Cantos
AUTHOR: Quiz
PUBLISHER: Thomas Jegg
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1816
BINDING: Crushed leather morocco binding with all edges gilt.
NO.OF PAGES: 252 including 1 folding hand colored aquatint frontispiece, 1 hand color aquatint pictorial title and 24 hand color aquatint plates illustrated with engravings by Thomas Rowlandson, 1 with sepia wash, with the errata slip at the end.
SIZE:
Height: 24 cm
Width: 15 cm
Depth: 2.5 cm
This is a work of political satire directed against the Marquis of Hastings who was the Governor General and commander of the British forces in India at the time. The text is by William Combe.
1. A New Map of India from the Latest Authority (folding plate)
2. Title page
3. [A Scene in the Channel]
4. The Modern Idol Juggernaut
5. Miseries of the First of the Month
6. The Burning System Illustrated
7. Missionary Influence or How to make converts
8. An Extraordinary Eclipse
9. Labour in vain or his reverence comfounded
10. Hindoo prejudices
11. John Bull converting the Indians
12. More Incantations or a Journey to the interior
13. Miseries in India
14. The Bear and Ragged Staff
15. Hindoo Incantations a View in Elephanta
16. Phantasmagoria a View in Elephanta
17. The Modern Phaeton or the Hugely in Danger
18. Qui Hi arrives at the Bunder Hotel
19.Qui Hi in the Bombay tavern
20. Pays a nocturnal visit to Dungaree
21. Attends General Koir Wigs Levee
22. Qui Hi's Introduction & cool reception
23. Qui Hi shews off at Bobbery Hunt
24. Qui Hi at Bobbery Hall
25. All Alive in theChokee
26. Last Visit from Doctors Assistant
27. Qui Hi's last march to Padree Burrows's Go Down
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