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(ROWLANDSON, THOMAS.) [Combe, William.] The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque * In Search of Consolation * In Search of a Wife. Together, 3 volumes. Eighth, Second, and First Editions, respectively. Illustrated with 80 color plates with aquatint by Rowlandson including additional titles for First and Third Tour (not called for in Second). Tall 8vo, contemporary speckled calf, gilt fillet borders, by Lloyd, skilfully rebacked, spines a bit dry and rubbed, covers with few surface imperfections; large bookplates on front pastedowns and endpapers of all volumes, including that of Cornelia Otis Skinner. London: R. Ackermann, 1820-[21]
"The Misadventures of this elderly pedant gave Rowlandson ample scope for the comic designs of which he was master, and the three books of which deal with Syntax were his greatest success as an illustrator"--Ray 34; Tooley 429; Abbey, Life 267.
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