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THE TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX: A Poem.Complete in 3 volumes."In Search of the Picturesque" / "In Search of Consolation" / "In Search of a Wife"





Book Description
An attractive set of all three tours [First issued in 1809/1820/1821] this is the ninth edition " By popular demand"...A tale told in verse of a fictional schoolmaster and clergyman who attempts to make his fortune by travelling and then writing & illustrating a book about his experiences of quaint and unusual places." An obvious satire on William Gilpins fashionable concept of the "Picturesque" The collaboration between author,artist & original publisher Rudolph Ackermann was a popular success and led to several reprints. Large 8vo.[10¼"x7"] in matching pictorial gilt with original yellow coated endpapers Vol 1.(viii)272pps Vol 2.(viii)277pps.Vol 3.(vi) 279pps. Each volume has eighty hand coloured plates from etchings by Thomas Rowlandson
Author
COMBE,William aka Dr Syntax & ROWLANDSON, Thomas
Date
1855
Binding
Pictorial Publishers Cloth
Publisher
LONDON George Routledge & Sons Ludgate Hill [1855]
Illustrator
Thomas Rowlandson
Condition
Very Good
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