The Tour of Doctor Syntax - In Search of the Picturesque - A Poem [plus: "Volume Second": "The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax - In Search of Consolation - A Poem"].

[Combe, William] / [Thomas Rowlandson].

Published by London, Published by R. Ackermann at the Repository of Arts, 1813 - 1820., 1820

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Volume One in Fourth Edition / Volume Two in First Edition. Two Volumes. Large Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, engraved titlepage, [2], 276, plus 1 page with "Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates". With 31 handcoloured illustrations (including Frontispiece and titlepage) by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson / Volume II: Frontispiece, [1], 277 pages plus 1 page with "Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates". With 22 (of 24) handcoloured illustrations by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. Hardcover / Original half leather with original spine-labels and ornaments. Both Volumes with some rubbing but both in firm, original condition. Interior of Volume I with some mild foxing and fingerstaining only but all plates excellent. Interior of Volume II with a tear and loss of paper to the front free endpaper, some mild foxing, one plate and one textpage (page 11) slightly detached and with fraying). Minor wormholedamage to rear board (neglectable). Overall these two Volumes are in very good condition ! Illustrations included in Volume One are: 1. Doctor Syntax setting out 2. Doctor Syntax losing his way 3. Doctor Syntax Stopped by Highwaymen 4. Doctor Syntax bound to a Tree by Highwaymen 5. Doctor Syntax disputing his bill with the landlady 6. Doctor Syntax copying the Wit of the Window 7. Doctor Syntax entertained at College 8. Doctor Syntax pursued by a Bull 9. Doctor Syntax mistakes a Gentleman's House for an Inn 10. Doctor Syntax Meditating on the Tombs 11. Doctor Syntax tumbling into the Water 12. Doctor Syntax loses his money on the Race Ground [Track] 13. Doctor Syntax at a Review 14. Doctor Syntax with my Lord 15. Doctor Syntax made free of the cellar 16. Doctor Syntax Sketches the Lake 17. Doctor Syntax drawing after Nature 18. Doctor Syntax robbed of his Property 19. Doctor Syntax sells Grizzle 20. Doctor Syntax rural sports 21. Doctor Syntax and Dairy-maid 22. Doctor Syntax at Liverpool 23. Doctor Syntax reading his Tour 24. Doctor Syntax preaching 25. Doctor Syntax and the Bookseller 26. Doctor Syntax at Covent-Garden Theatre 27. Doctor Syntax and the Dream 28. Doctor Syntax returned from the Tour 29. Doctor Syntax taking possession of his Living 30. Frontispiece ("The Reverend Doctor Syntax") 31. Engraved titlepage Illustrations included in Volume Two are: 1. [Frontispiece]: Doctor Syntax and his counterpart 2. Doctor Syntax lamenting the loss of his wife 3. Doctor Syntax at the funeral of his wife 4. Doctor Syntax setting out on his second Tour 5. Doctor Syntax and the Gypsies 6. Doctor Syntax loses his Whig 7. The Visit of Dr. Syntax to Widow Hopeful at York 8. Doctor Syntax amused with Pat in the Pond 9. Doctor Syntax in the Glass-house 10. Doctor Syntax visits Eaton-Hall, Cheshire 11. Doctor Syntax making his Will 12. Doctor Syntax in a Court of Justice (this plate is missing!) 13. Doctor Syntax present at a coffee-house quarrel at Bath 14. Doctor Syntax and the superannuated Fox-Hunter 15. Doctor Syntaxwith the Skimmington Riders 16. Doctor Syntax and the Bees 17. Doctor Syntax visits a boarding-school for Young Ladies (this plate is missing!) 18. Doctor Syntax making a discovery 19. Doctor Syntax painting a Portrait 20. Marriage of Dr.Dicky Bend 21. Doctor Syntax at an Auction 22. Doctor Syntax and the Bookseller 23. Doctor Syntax at Freemasons Hall 24. Miss Worthy's Marriage - Doctor Syntax in the Chair Sprache: english.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tour of Doctor Syntax - In Search of the Picturesque - A Poem [plus: "Volume Second": "The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax - In Search of Consolation - A Poem"].
• Publisher: London, Published by R. Ackermann at the Repository of Arts, 1813 - 1820.
• Publication Date: 1820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Varia