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[COMBE, WILLIAM], The Tour[s] of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque; ...In Search of Consolation; ...In Search of a Wife.
(London): R. Ackermann, [ca. 1820-23]. (ROWLANDSON, THOMAS) Mixed set, as usual, being the 9th edition of the first volume; 3rd edition of the second volume, and first edition of the third. 3 vols., Tall 8vo. 79 hand-colored aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson. In the ORIGINAL BOARDS, UNCUT; the fragile spines variously chipped, joints cracked, paper labels; plates unusually fine, with slight offsetting to the latter. The three housed in a folding cloth box, with individual protective wrappers. ΒΆ An unusual copy thus, of one of the most famous color plates books of the nineteenth century
Offered for US$ 3000.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 12436