[COMBE, William] & Thomas ROWLANDSON. The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque [volume II: The Tour ... in Search of Consolation; volume III: The Tour ... in Search of a Wife] London: R. Ackermann, 1813-21, 3 volumes, 8°, volume I third edition, volume II and III FIRST EDITION, hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, title vignettes to two volumes and 75 plates after Rowlandson (occasional offsetting, slight browning and spotting), contemporary calf by F. Bedford, gilt decorated spines, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces (head and tail of two spines lightly stained). [Tooley 428, 429] (3)

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[COMBE, William] & Thomas ROWLANDSON. The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque [volume II: The Tour ... in Search of Consolation; volume III: The Tour ... in Search of a Wife] London: R. Ackermann, 1813-21, 3 volumes, 8°, volume I third edition, volume II and III FIRST EDITION, hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, title vignettes to two volumes and 75 plates after Rowlandson (occasional offsetting, slight browning and spotting), contemporary calf by F. Bedford, gilt decorated spines, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces (head and tail of two spines lightly stained). [Tooley 428, 429] (3)
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