[Rarebooks] FS: "The Tour of Doctor Syntax" 3 vols. 1817-1821

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[Combe, William]. THE TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE [OF 
CONSOLATION; OF A WIFE]. A POEM. Seventh Edition with New Plates. (London: R. 
Ackerman’s Repository of Arts. 1817-1821).3 vols. 
iv,(2),276;(6),278;(4),280pp. Illustrated with 79 hand-colored plates (complete) by Thomas Rowlandson (2 
are added engraved titles), plus 2 woodcut tailpieces (1 hand-colored. The 3 
volumes uniformly bound in 20th cent. 1/2 red morocco, gilt, over cloth. 
Occasional light foxing. Bookplates on front pastedowns.     $1,250.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
Volume I, “in Search of the Picturesque” is the 7th edition. Volume II, “The 
Second Tour... In Search of Consolation” is a 1st edition. Volume III, “The 
Third Tour... in Search of a Wife” is also a 1st edition.

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