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Lot 264
Sale 532 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Dec 6, 2017
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COMBE, William (1742-1823). The Tour of Doctor Syntax... A Poem. London: R. Ackermann, 1820.
2 volumes, 8vo (222 x 136 mm). Numerous hand-colored aquatints after Rowlandson. (Light browning and offsetting, occasional light marginal soiling.) Contemporary half purple calf, cloth boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt (boards worn and faded, chipping to corners with associated losses). Fifth edition. Volume I isThe Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of Picturesque, and volume II is The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of Consolation.
