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[WILLIAM COMBE]
The Tour of Dr Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque [vol.II:] in Search of Consolation; [vol. III:] in Search of a Wife]. London: R. Ackermann, 1812-1820-[1821]. 3 volumes, 8vo, coloured aquatint frontispiece in each volume, vols I & II with additional aquatint title-page, and 75 coloured plates by Thomas Rowlandson, coloured vignette at end of vol. III. (Vol. I browned, spotted and some offsetting, only very light offsetting from plates in remaining vols., a few occasional light spots.) Red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines lettered in gilt, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE with heading 'Chapter I' in vol. I and first state of plate 15 in vol. II. Tooley 427-429; cf. Abbey Life 266, 267 (in parts).
With Doctor Syntax in Paris or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque (London, 1820), original boards, uncut. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM; and The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax (London, 1822). FIRST EDITION, SCHWERDT COPY. (5)
The Tour of Dr Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque [vol.II:] in Search of Consolation; [vol. III:] in Search of a Wife]. London: R. Ackermann, 1812-1820-[1821]. 3 volumes, 8vo, coloured aquatint frontispiece in each volume, vols I & II with additional aquatint title-page, and 75 coloured plates by Thomas Rowlandson, coloured vignette at end of vol. III. (Vol. I browned, spotted and some offsetting, only very light offsetting from plates in remaining vols., a few occasional light spots.) Red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines lettered in gilt, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE with heading 'Chapter I' in vol. I and first state of plate 15 in vol. II. Tooley 427-429; cf. Abbey Life 266, 267 (in parts).
With Doctor Syntax in Paris or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque (London, 1820), original boards, uncut. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM; and The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax (London, 1822). FIRST EDITION, SCHWERDT COPY. (5)