The tour / [second tour] / [third tour] of Dr. Syntax, in search of the picturesque / [consolation] / [a wife]

[Combe, William]

Published by published by R. Ackermann, at the Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, and to be had of all the booksellers in the United Kingdom, London, 1823

About this Item

3 volumes, small 12mo (approx. 6¼" x 4"), pp. [2], 276, [2]; [4], 277, [3], 4 (ads); [4], 279, [1], 4 (ads); 80 hand-colored plates (including frontispieces and title pages); without a printed title page in volume I (as issued); original red paper-covered boards, green printed labels on spines (reading on volume I: The / First Tour / of / Dr. Syntax, / In Search of the / Picturesque. / Vol. I. / Third Edition. / With / 31 Col. Plates. / - / Price 7s); front cover of volume I is loose, short tear in the gutter at B1 in volume I where the stitching has cut into the leaf, some loss to the paper on the spine of volume II, front hinge starting in volume II, all boards soiled; a rough, grubby, but complete set; attractive internally. The first miniaturized version of Dr. Syntax. "Fresh plates were re-engraved for this edition, one-third the size of the originals" (Tooley). Tooley 430.

Seller Inventory # 66597

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The tour / [second tour] / [third tour] of Dr. Syntax, in search of the picturesque / [consolation] / [a wife]
• Publisher: published by R. Ackermann, at the Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, and to be had of all the booksellers in the United Kingdom, London
• Publication Date: 1823
• Seller catalogs:
  • Illustrated Books
  • English Literature