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Rowlandson - The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi in Hindostan,A Hudibrastic Poem in Eight Cantos by Quiz.. Publisher :Printed by: Thomas Jegg. First edition, 8vo., pp 252, Folding color frontispiece; color engraved title; and 28 engraved plates by Thomas Rowlandson (27 hand-colored), Full tree calf leather with gilt tooling on cover and spine, title in gilt on spine. lacking the cancel leaf C8 and the errata slip, as usual. Externally very good indeed, internally the text is generally clean, the plates are quite bright and clean. Size: 25.6 x 16.5 cm (10x 6.4 inches) Good Condition Provenance: Keywords: ‘A lampoon on the Marquis of Hastings' governorship of India, and shows the public estimation of the East India Company, with its toleration of suttee for revenue purposes, and its total disregard otherwise of Hindu prejudices’ (Hardie English Coloured Books). Rowlandson Grolier Exhibition Catalogue 34,