COMBE, William. [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], London: Nattali and Bond, 1855, 3 volumes, 8°, "Ninth Edition," 2 hand-coloured aquatint vignettes on titles of volumes I and III and 74 hand-coloured plates by and after Thomas Rowlandson, publisher's advertisements bound at end of volume I (occasional light spotting mainly to text, final text leaf of vol. I torn with slight marginal loss), original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind (spines slightly faded and frayed with slight loss, a few small ink stains). (3)

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COMBE, William. [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], London: Nattali and Bond, 1855, 3 volumes, 8°, "Ninth Edition," 2 hand-coloured aquatint vignettes on titles of volumes I and III and 74 hand-coloured plates by and after Thomas Rowlandson, publisher's advertisements bound at end of volume I (occasional light spotting mainly to text, final text leaf of vol. I torn with slight marginal loss), original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind (spines slightly faded and frayed with slight loss, a few small ink stains). (3)

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The three tours are In Search of the Picturesque, In Search of Consolation and In Search of a Wife.

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