The First, Second and Third Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of the Picturesque, In Search of Consolation and In Search of a Wife. In Three Volumes with Eighty Hand-Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson. Ninth Edition with New Plates.

COMBE, William. T. ROWLANDSON (Illustrated by.)

Published by N.d. c, 1880

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George Routledge and Sons. Ninth edition with new plates. No date, c.1880. Vol. I. 270 pages. Hand-coloured Frontis. and vignette title with tissue guard + 29 hand-coloured plates also with tissue guards. Vol. II. 277 pages. Han-coloured frontis + 23 coloured plates all hand-coloured with tissue guards. Vol. III. 279 pages. Hand-coloured frontis. and vignette title with 23 hand-coloured plates all with tissue guards. This makes a total of 80 hand-coloured plates. Original red publisher's cloth binding decorated in gilt and black. Small sections lacking to head of spines and tail of spines chipped. Upper joints and lower edges of boards rubbed. Contents remarkably clean and fresh. An unusually lovely set in the original cloth binding.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First, Second and Third Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of the Picturesque, In Search of Consolation and In Search of a Wife. In Three Volumes with Eighty Hand-Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson. Ninth Edition with New Plates.
• Publisher: N.d. c
• Publication Date: 1880
• Binding: Hardcover
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