The First, Second, and Third Tours of Doctor Syntax
William Combe
Published by R. Ackermann c1819-21, London, 1819
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William Combe's satirical Doctor Syntax poetical series, complete with the striking hand-coloured plates by Thomas Rowlandson. The complete three 'Doctor Syntax' poems by William Combe, stated third edition to the title pages, with the engraved title in Volume I stating the eighth edition.'The First Tour of Doctor Syntax'. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and twenty-nine hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.'The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation'. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and twenty-three hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.'The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife'. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and twenty-three hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.'Doctor Syntax' is a comic character, a satire of William Gilpin. These three satiricalpoems show Syntax touring Britain, in order to describe his theory of the Picturesque.Written by William Combe, a British author, who is best remembered today for these three works.Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson, a celebrated English artist and caricaturist.Each volume is undated, dated 1819-21 from the plates.Bookplate of F. R. Atkinson of Oak House Pendleton to the front paste downs. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. A little light rubbing and marks to the cloth, marks a little heavier to the front board of Volume III. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with loss to the head of the spines of Volumes I and II. Spines are discoloured. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Bookseller label to the front paste down of Volume I. Internally, generally firmly bound, resulting in a few pages working loose, in particular in Volume I. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Good. Seller Inventory # 954P62
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Title: The First, Second, and Third Tours of Doctor...
Publisher: R. Ackermann c1819-21, London
Publication Date: 1819
Binding: Cloth
Illustrator: Thomas Rowlandson
Condition: Good
Book Type: book
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The First, Second, and Third Tours of Doctor Syntax
Published by
Nattali and Bond, London, 1855
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Hardcover
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Leather. Condition: Good Only. Thomas Rowlandson (illustrator). William Combe's satirical Doctor Syntax poetical series, complete with the striking hand-coloured plates by Thomas Rowlandson. The complete three 'Doctor Syntax' poems by William Combe. 'The First Tour of Doctor Syntax' is the ninth edition. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and twenty-nine hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.'The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation'. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and twenty-three hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.'The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife'. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and twenty-three hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete. Nineteen plates are provided in loosely-inserted duplicates, which are less vibrantly hand-coloured.'Doctor Syntax' is a comic character, a satire of William Gilpin. These three satiricalpoems show Syntax touring Britain, in order to describe his theory of the Picturesque.Written by William Combe, a British author, who is best remembered today for these three works.Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson, a celebrated English artist and caricaturist.Each volume is undated, dated 1855 from Jisc from copies held at the University of Liverpool Library. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, worn. Volume I is lacking part of the backstrip to the head, with a smaller amount of loss to the tail of Volume III. Lacking all but one spine label, the label to the head of the spine of Volume III is present but chipped and cracked. Tape to the tail of the spine of Volume III, holding the front board to the spine, otherwise front board is detached. Rubbing to the leather. Spines are faded. Light bumping to the extremities. Boards of Volume I are a little discoloured, with fading to the head of the rear board. Front board of Volume I is held by one cord only, rear joint and hinge are strained. Hinges of Volume II are strained. Rear hinge of Volume III is strained. Bookseller's label to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Preface to Volume III appears to be excised from another edition and bound in here after the title, with a tape repair to the margin. Good Only. book. Seller Inventory # 871P13
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The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax. The First Tour in Search of the Picturesque. The Second Tour in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour in Search of a Wife.
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London: Nattali & Bond 1855?., 1855
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Seller: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 272p 277p 279p, three volumes in original green cloth, light soiling to cloth, colour plates by Rowlandson throughout, a fresh set, all inner hinges tight, binding flaw in volume 2 (stitching stretched) which results in loseness of a number of sections (text and plates complete), plate 2 in vol 3 has faint humidity traces along margin, text all clean, all cloth hinges tight, corners a little rubbed and dented, a very original set, unadulterated Language: English. Seller Inventory # 194671
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The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax. The First Tour in Search of the Picturesque. The Second Tour in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour in Search of a Wife. (3 volumes)
Published by
Nattali and Bond, London, 1855
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Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Full Calf. Condition: Very Good Plus. Thomas Rowlandson (illustrator). Ninth Edition. An attractively bound full calf set of one of Rowlandson's most quintessential works, and easily his most popular into the twentieth century. 8vo. 25 by 16 cm. 81 hand-colored plates. All volumes with title leaves and a leaf with the list of plates contained therein. First and third volumes with two title leaves, one with a hand-colored illustration. (Second volume missing the primary title leaf -- the one with the vignette, as always the case with the ninth edition.) After each List of Plates begins the pagination of the three volumes, which is 272, 277 and 279 pp. Stamped in small print on otherwise blank preliminary is the name of Charles E. Lauriat Co. of Boston. The company was a highly successful bookstore chain that finally went under in the 1990s. We think it likely that the company was responsible for the binding, but we can not assert this with certainty. We also can't date the binding with any sort of precision but it is our sense that it is probably early 20th century. All volumes with two pasted ownership bookplates, one, an attractive armorial bookplate. The bindings have minor rub spots on their joints and along their edges. Early leaves in first volume have a fair amount of foxing, after which, there is negligible foxing in the remainder of that volume and the others. The set is mostly clean. The title leaves are more browned or age toned than one might want, but we have not seen a ninth edition without this issue. Generally the leaves retain a freshness. Seller Inventory # 20365
[Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, comprising:] The First Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of the picturesque; [with] The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of consolation; [and] The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of a wife
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Nattali and Bond, Bedford Street, Covent Garden [from 1812], London, 1855
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Hardcover
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Willow Street, PA, U.S.A.
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Paper-Covered Boards. Condition: Fine. Early Reprint. Ninth Edition, complete in three volumes with 80 hand-colored aquatints by Thomas Rowlandson. (Eighty-one plates are called for on the title pages, but the plate lists contain a total of only 79, with the illustrated title page in Vol. 3 unlisted. Presumably, there was an illustrated title page planned for the Second Tour but never included.) Tall 8vo's: [6],272,[6, catalog of books published by Nattali and Bond]; [4],277,[1]; [6],279,[1]pp. Hand-marbled paper-covered boards, finely woven green cloth spines, matching morocco lettering pieces gilt, recently bound by Fitterer, a truly splendid production. Fine bindings; clean, wide-margined pages with only occasional offsetting; vibrant, deep, rich, fresh coloring. Abbey, Life, 265-67. Tooley 427-29. The three tours of Doctor Syntax, featuring the comic, skin-and-bone cleric at the mercy of all manner of misadventures, were supposedly based on an idea of Thomas Rowlandson's close friend, the actor Jack Bannister, and first appeared in 1812, 1820, and 1821, respectively. William Combe's verses for Rowlandson's illustrations, produced by the prestigious publisher and art dealer Rudolph Ackermann, earned Combe his soubrette, Doctor Syntax. "Combining a light-hearted satire of William Gilpin's theory of the picturesque in art with a central character modelled on Cervantes' Don Quixote and Henry Fielding's Parson Adams, Combe created a lovable eccentric whose misadventures on the road structure the Tour. [Other sources for Syntax, drawn from the picturesque tradition, were probably Le Sage's Gil Blas and Smollett's Peregrine Pickle, as well as Samuel Butler's earlier Hudibras.] For over a century the many editions and numerous imitations of the Tour attested to the popularity of Combe's humorous hero." (ODNB) "Combe's first Dr. Syntax book (originally published in the Poetical Magazine in 1809) and its successors . . . satirize the many 18th- and early 19th-century writers whose "Tours," "Travels," and "Journeys" were vehicles for sententious moralizing, uninspired raptures, and sentimental accounts of amorous adventures. The popularity of Combe's work owed much to the illustrations of Thomas Rowlandson." (Britannica) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Seller Inventory # BB1266
The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax. The First Tour in Search of the Picturesque. The Second Tour in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour in Search of a Wife. (3 volumes)
Published by
Nattali and Bond, London, 1855
Used
Hardcover
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Rowlandson, Thomas (illustrator). Ninth Edition. Book. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 3 volumes each bound in modern full calf in pristine condition, with five raised bands and gilt decoration on the spine, with red title label and black green label with Rowlandson name. 81 hand-colored plates. All volumes tight, with some minor soilage and occasional light fox marks inside. Plates are bright. Volume one has hand-sketched portrait of Combe, the author, along with neat handwritten biography on two leaves of preliminaries. Seller Inventory # 006386