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ROWLANDSON, Thomas and others (illustrators) - Poetical Magazine; dedicated to lovers of the muse, by the agent of the Goddess, R.Ackermann. London: W.Clowes for R.Ackermann, 1809-11.
4 volumes, 8° (216 x 140mm.). Engraved titles with stipple-engraved vignettes, 52 aquatint plates, 50 hand-coloured (including 30 by Rowlandson of 'Doctor Syntax'), one tinted and one uncoloured, extra-illustrated with 50 portraits and plates, some mounted (one plate in vol.I loosely inserted, others (?)supplied from a smaller copy, occasional light browning). Old boards (rebacked in roan). Provenance: Hy. Finch (ownership inscriptions).
FIRST EDITION, AND THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF DOCTOR SYNTAX. Abbey Life 214; Tooley 421. (4)
4 volumes, 8° (216 x 140mm.). Engraved titles with stipple-engraved vignettes, 52 aquatint plates, 50 hand-coloured (including 30 by Rowlandson of 'Doctor Syntax'), one tinted and one uncoloured, extra-illustrated with 50 portraits and plates, some mounted (one plate in vol.I loosely inserted, others (?)supplied from a smaller copy, occasional light browning). Old boards (rebacked in roan). Provenance: Hy. Finch (ownership inscriptions).
FIRST EDITION, AND THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF DOCTOR SYNTAX. Abbey Life 214; Tooley 421. (4)