Three Tours: The Tour in Search of the Picturesque by the Rev Dr Syntax with The Tour in Search of Consolation and the Tour in Search of a Wife
Combe, William
| Publisher |
Frederick Warne and Co., |
| Binding |
Hardback |
| Condition |
Good+, sound copy |
| SKU |
24583 |
| Notes |
Cloth is slightly worn to points. Some rubbing to the edge of the spine and to the printed gilt labels to the spine. Clean and sound. |
Description
Hardback. The complete Dr Syntax verse satires by William Combe, written in the early nineteenth century. The tour first sets out to satirise the picturesque principles of William Gilpin espoused in his essays of the 1760s and 1770s, the other two continue the story of Dr Syntax. Three colour plates, one for each of the tours, presumed to be by Thomas Rowlandson. Bound in olive cloth with gilt labels to spine and black details and and decoration to spine and to the upper board. Blind stamped decorations to the lower board. Publisher’s ads to endpapers and a substantial publisher’s catalogue to the rear of the volume. 376pp+catalogue.
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