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Tour of Doctor Syntax - Three Vols, 1st & 3rd Eds.: Heading: Author: [Combe, William] Title: The first, second, and third Tours of Doctor Syntax Place Published: London Publisher:R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts Date Published: 1812-1821

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1823 Tour Doctor Syntax Consolation Wife COLOR ART 3v Halifax Canada PROVENANCE: 1823 Tour Doctor Syntax Consolation Wife COLOR ART 3v Halifax Canada PROVENANCE William Combe was a British writer who is mostly remembered for his comic poem â€œThe Three Tours of Doctor Syntax&r

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Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque: Heading: (Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator) Author: Combe, William Title: The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque Place Published: London Publisher:Ackermann Date Published: 181

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ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1756-1827), illustrator. -- William: ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1756-1827), illustrator. -- William COMBE (1742-1823). Doctor Syntax in Paris, or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque. London: For W. Wright, 1820. 8vo (231 x 138 mm). Hand-colored a

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COMBE, WILLIAM. 'TOUR OF DR. SYNTAX,' 3 VOL, 1820: Combe, William. The Tour of Dr. Syntax, three volumes, illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson with 79 color aquatints, fourth edition, London, R. Ackermann, circa 1820. Leather bound with raised bands and g

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Heading: (Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)
Author: Combe, William
Title: The Tour of Doctor Syntax (Containing the First, Second and Third Tour)
Place Published: London
Publisher:R. Ackermann
Date Published: 1812; 1820; [1821]
Description:

3 volumes. (8vo) 22.2x14 cm ;(8¾x5½"), finely bound by Bayntun (Riviere) in red gilt-ruled polished calf, tooled in gilt on spine with black and green morocco lettering pieces, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Presented in custom cloth-covered slipcase. First Editions. Includes:

The Tour of Doctor Syntax In Search of the Picturesque: A Poem. vi, 274 pp. ;With ;30 hand-colored aquatint plates and title with hand-colored vignette. First edition, first issue.

The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation: A Poem. [vi], 277 pp. With ;24 hand-colored aquatint plates.

The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife. [iv], 279 pp. ;With 23 (of 24) hand-colored aquatint plates, title-page and final page with hand-colored ;vignettes.

A satire on the famous traveler of the British Isles and explorer of the "picturesque", William Gilpin. Archly illustrated by Rowlandson and finely ;bound by Bayntun-Riviere. First issue of the first tour, with "Chapter I" heading and first state of plate 5, "Doctor Syntax Bound to a Tree by Highwaymen," second state of plate 15 in the Second Tour. The First Tour features three illustrations not included in its serial issue, namely the frontispiece, vignette title, and plate 28, "The Doctors Dream or the Battle of Books." Abbey Life 266-267; Tooley 427-429. Volume III bound without plate 23, ;"A Noble Hunting Party".

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Only hints of wear to calf and labels; hints of foxing with minor offsetting from plates, else fine.

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