COMBE, William (1742-1823) and Thomas ROWLANDSON (1756-1827) - photo 1
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COMBE, William (1742-1823) and Thomas ROWLANDSON (1756-1827)

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13.07.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 60 | COMBE, William (1742-1823) and Thomas ROWLANDSON (1756-1827)
COMBE, William (1742-1823) and Thomas ROWLANDSON (1756-1827)

The tour of Dr. Syntax in search of the picturesque ... [With:] – The second tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of consolation ... [With:] – The third tour of Dr. Syntax, in search of a wife ... London: R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 1812-1820-1821.

First editions, first issue of the first volume the rarest of the three, untrimmed in original boards; a fine copy. 'This celebrated work first appeared in the Poetical Magazine under the title "The Schoolmasters Tour," and the illustrations are the same but retouched and re-engraved by Rowlandson, … Enormously popular from the outset Dr. Syntax went into many editions, no less than 2 in 1812, 3 in 1813, others in 1815, 1817 and 2 in 1819.' (Tooley on book 1). Untrimmed with original margins and without the cropping to imprints which so often afflicts bound copies. Abbey Life 265-267; Bobins IV, 1359; Tooley 427-429.



3 volumes, octavo (254 x 155mm). Vol. I: pp.2 of publisher's ads not mentioned in Tooley, engraved title with aquatint vignette, and 30 aquatint plates including frontispiece, title and plates coloured by a contemporary hand; vol. II: engraved title with aquatint vignette with 24 aquatint plates including frontispiece, vignette and plates coloured by a contemporary hand (plate 15 'Skimmington Riders' in second state); vol. III: engraved title with aquatint vignette and 24 aquatint plates, vignette and plates coloured by a contemporary hand (some minor offsetting from the plates, rare light spotting). Original grey paper boards, with printed labels to spine of vols. I and III, vol. II with 6 original spine labels loose in small envelope, loosely inserted (spines expertly restored, paper a little spotted); each volume contained in a gilt green morocco box by H. Zucker of Philadelphia (spines a little sunned). Provenance: Fitz Eugene Dixon (bookplates).





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