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Lot No. 26: ROWLANDSON

THE GRAND MASTER OR ADVENTURES OF QUI HI IN HINDOSTAN

  • Medium: Printed Books
  • Year: 1816
  • Size: 9.3 x 6 inches
  • Place: London

Winning Bid : ₹1,43,748

(Inclusive Buyer's Premium)

Estimate

1,00,000 - 1,50,000


Estimate US$

1200-1800

Ends at Oct 17, 2024 07:31 PM IST

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Total : 5 bids   |   Next 5 valid bids   | 20% Buyer's Premium   |   Additional Charges   |   Comparable

ROWLANDSON

THE GRAND MASTER OR ADVENTURES OF QUI HI IN HINDOSTAN

A HUDIBRASTIC POEM IN EIGHT CANTOS BY QUIZ.

First edition

Year: 1816

Size: 23.3 x 15.4 cm (9.3 x 6 inches)

Printed by: Thomas Jegg 1816. First edition, 8vo., pp 252
Folding color frontispiece; color engraved title

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.
'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.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Externally very good indeed, internally the text is generally clean, the plates are quite bright and clean
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0290 119790.00 Regular 17-10-2024 07:10:54 PM IST
2 anon0290 119790.00 Regular 17-10-2024 07:10:28 PM IST
3 anon0290 119790.00 Regular 17-10-2024 07:10:04 PM IST
4 anon0137 108900.00 Regular 17-10-2024 07:10:04 PM IST
5 anon0290 99000.00 Regular 17-10-2024 07:10:31 PM IST
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