Third Tour of Dr. Syntax plates by Rowlandson
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Heading: (Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)
Author: [Combe, William]
Title: The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of a Wife
Place Published: London
Publisher:R. Ackermann
Date Published: [1820]
Description:
Author: [Combe, William]
Title: The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of a Wife
Place Published: London
Publisher:R. Ackermann
Date Published: [1820]
Description:
[iv], 279 pp. Hand-colored pictorial title page, frontispiece, and 23 hand-colored plates, hand-colored vignette on final page. (8vo) 23.5x15 cm (9¼x5¾") later green half calf and marbled boards, red leather spine label, edge speckled red. First Edition.
Combe's doggerel verses were written to accompany Rowlandson's plates depicting the adventures of a roving school-master, this is the final of his three tours. Tooley 429.
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Binding worn, front cover detached; very good within with some light foxing.
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