The Tour of Doctor Syntax: In Search of the Picturesque, a Consolation and a Wife. Complete in Three Volumes (1821)
Published by Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.Rare Books Honolulu
AbeBooks seller since January 18, 2021
Association member: IOBA
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 495.00
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London, Ackermann, 101 Strand, 1821. 10" x 6.75", (25.5x17cm) 276, 277, 279 pages. As with all copies of this set, there is a multitude of editions marked: The first volume, which has an extra title page with a color vignette, states "Ninth edition with new plates", then on the title page, "Third edition" and on a page after the preface "advertisement to the Ninth edition". Volume. 2 states "Third edition" on the title page and has an "Advertisement to the third edition" on the back of the title page. Volume 3 has an extra title page with a color vignette (like vol. 1), that does not give any edition information. On the title page is stated "Third Edition". The real 'Ninth Edition" was published only in 1855. 80 full-page hand colored plates. All volumes have 'Directions to the binder for placing the plates', with a complete list of the the plates bound in. The solid binding in full cloth binding with embossed illustrations, spine gilded with title and decorations. Yellow endpapers that appear to be from a later rebinding or stabilization of the binding. --- --- Some pages with foxing, smudging and spotting, foxed periphery of some pages. See photos. Plates clear of foxing. Corners bumped at ends, some plates have offsetting from the opposite illustration page. A very handsome set with all the hand colored plates. --- Dr. Syntax, a parody of the picturesque travels in the 18th century where the grotesque figure of the clergyman-schoolmaster travels around England meeting with absurd adventures. Very well illustrated by Rowlandson's caricatures.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Tour of Doctor Syntax: In Search of the Picturesque, a Consolation and a Wife. Complete in Three Volumes (1821)
- Author
- William Combe, Thomas Rowlandson (Illustrator)
- Publisher
- Ackermann, 101 Strand, London
- Publication year
- 1821
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- no dj's, as issued
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Thomas Rowlandson
- Edition
- 3rd edition (see notes below).
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction, Illustrated Books
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