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Doctor Syntax in Paris or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque. London: for W. Wright, 1820. 8°. Hand-coloured aquatint title and 17 hand-coloured plates (a little light offsetting). Red crushed morocco by Rivière, gilt spine, gilt border à la Du Seuil round sides, wide gilt turn-ins, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: Gustavia A. Senff (bookplate) - the Abel Berland copy (book-label). FIRST EDITION of one of several imitations of Combe and Rowlandson's Syntax. Abbey: Travel, 109. Tooley 432.
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