Doctor Syntax's three tours : in search of the picturesque, consolation, and a wife. / By William Combe. The original ed., complete and unabridged, with the life and adventures of the author, now first written, by John Camden Hotten. Eighty full page illustrations drawn and coloured after the originals by T. Rowlandson
1868, First Edition. London : J.C. Hotten. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Title page loose. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Item #286980
Physical description; 2 preliminary leaves, [iii]-xlviii, 354 pages color frontispiece, 77 color plates 20 cm. Notes; Bound in green cloth; stamped in gold and blind; gray coated endpapers. Front free endpaper, frontispiece, engraved title-page, detached. Subjects; Combe, William (1742-1823). Verse satire. English poetry 19th century. Genres; Bibliography. English wit and humor. Illustrated.
Price: €225.00