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[COMBE, William, imitation]. The Tour of Doctor Syntax Through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis. A Poem. London: J. Johnston, 1820.
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[COMBE, William, imitation]. The Tour of Doctor Syntax Through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis. A Poem. London: J. Johnston, 1820.
8 original parts, 8o. Hand-colored engraved title and 19 plates. (Occasional minor spotting, few plates lightly offset, few marginal repairs in text.) Original printed wrappers, uncut (few small repairs, slight fraying at edges as usual); half red morocco slipcase. Provenance: George Pountney (signatures on front wrappers).
FIRST EDITION IN PARTS OF THIS CLASSIC SYNTAX IMITATION, second edition of part III, with advertisement slips for Wordsworth's The Battered Tar tipped to flyleaf of part IV and for Memoirs of a Wandering Princess in part V. Abbey Life 265; Tooley 435. (8)
8 original parts, 8
FIRST EDITION IN PARTS OF THIS CLASSIC SYNTAX IMITATION, second edition of part III, with advertisement slips for Wordsworth's The Battered Tar tipped to flyleaf of part IV and for Memoirs of a Wandering Princess in part V. Abbey Life 265; Tooley 435. (8)