Combe, William (author) and Thomas, Rowlandson, illustrator)

The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. [with: ] the Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation. [with: ] the Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife. Original Miniature Edition

London: R. A. Ackermann, 1823. (16mo) 5-3/8 x 3-3/8"; 86 x 135 mm. period full calf with gold stamping. 3 volumes. Illustrated with 80 hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson, including two pictorial title pages. "Miniature Edition". Charming reduced version of the inimitable works published in octavo in 1812, 1820 and 1821; Tooley notes that "Fresh plates were re-engraved for this edition, one-third the size of the originals." Abbey. Life in England 269; Tooley 430. .

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Book number: 51-2159

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Combe, William (author) and Thomas, Rowlandson, illustrator)

The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. [with: ] the Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation. [with: ] the Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife. Fourth Edition. Original Miniature Edition

London: R. A. Ackermann, 1828. (16mo) 5-3/8 x 3-3/8"; 86 x 135 mm. period full morrocco with gold stamping and the initila "LCB." All edges gilt. Spines rubbed. 3 volumes. Illustrated with 80 hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson, including two pictorial title pages. "Miniature Edition". Charming reduced version of the inimitable works published in octavo in 1812, 1820 and 1821; Tooley notes that "Fresh plates were re-engraved for this edition, one-third the size of the originals." Abbey. Life in England 269; Tooley 430. .

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Book number: 51-2279

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Combe, William [1742 - 1823]

The FIRST [SECOND, THIRD] TOUR Of DOCTOR SYNTAX, In Search of the Picturesque [of Consolation; of a Wife]; A Poem. Three Volumes

London: Nattali and Bond, Bedford Street, 1855. Later editions. Later maroon half-calf with red cloth boards. TEG. [4], 272; [4], 277, [1 (blank)]; [4], 279, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated in color by T. Rowlandson. Volume I: frontis, engraved t.p. with vignette, 29 inserted & numbered plates, b/w tailpiece p. 272; Volume II: frontis & 23 inserted plates; Volume III: frontis, engraved title, 23 inserted plates. Royal 8vo. 10" x 6-3/8". General shelfwear & rubs to extremities. Bookplate. Occasional spot of foxing to text paper. Plates overall clean & vibrant. A solid VG set.

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Book number: 46624

Catalogue: Literature

COMBE, William (1742-1823); Thomas ROWLANDSON (1756-1827)

[Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, Comprising: ] the First Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque; [with] the Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; [and] the Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife

London, Nattali and Bond, Bedford Street, Covent Garden [from 1812], 1855. Early Reprint. Paper-Covered Boards. Ninth Edition, complete in three volumes with 80 hand-colored aquatints by Thomas Rowlandson. (Eighty-one plates are called for on the title pages, but the plate lists contain a total of only 79, with the illustrated title page in Vol. 3 unlisted. Presumably, there was an illustrated title page planned for the Second Tour but never included.) Tall 8vo's: [6],272,[6, catalog of books published by Nattali and Bond]; [4],277,[1]; [6],279,[1]pp. Hand-marbled paper-covered boards, finely woven green cloth spines, matching morocco lettering pieces gilt, recently bound by Fitterer, a truly splendid production. Fine bindings; clean, wide-margined pages with only occasional offsetting; vibrant, deep, rich, fresh coloring. Abbey, Life, 265-67. Tooley 427-29. The three tours of Doctor Syntax, featuring the comic, skin-and-bone cleric at the mercy of all manner of misadventures, were supposedly based on an idea of Thomas Rowlandson's close friend, the actor Jack Bannister, and first appeared in 1812, 1820, and 1821, respectively. William Combe's verses for Rowlandson's illustrations, produced by the prestigious publisher and art dealer Rudolph Ackermann, earned Combe his soubrette, Doctor Syntax. "Combining a light-hearted satire of William Gilpin's theory of the picturesque in art with a central character modelled on Cervantes' Don Quixote and Henry Fielding's Parson Adams, Combe created a lovable eccentric whose misadventures on the road structure the Tour. [Other sources for Syntax, drawn from the picturesque tradition, were probably Le Sage's Gil Blas and Smollett's Peregrine Pickle, as well as Samuel Butler's earlier Hudibras.] For over a century the many editions and numerous imitations of the Tour attested to the popularity of Combe's humorous hero." (ODNB) "Combe's first Dr. Syntax book (originally published in the Poetical Magazine in 1809) and its successors . satirize the many 18th- and early 19th-century writers whose "Tours," "Travels," and "Journeys" were vehicles for sententious moralizing, uninspired raptures, and sentimental accounts of amorous adventures. The popularity of Combe's work owed much to the illustrations of Thomas Rowlandson." (Britannica) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Fine .

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Book number: BB1266

Catalogue: XIX CENTURY

(Rowlandson, Thomas). [Combe, William].

The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of Consolation: A Poem.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1903. 1903. - Small octavo, red cloth with a printed paper label on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The covers are rubbed, bumped & slightly warped with some very light spotting. The spine is faded & the label is darkened. vi & 264 pages. 24 color plates, including a frontispiece with a tissue guard, by Thomas Rowlandson. There is scattered foxing & staining. Good.

The attractive bookplate of Neilson Taylor Parker is mounted on the front pastedown. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 7744

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATOR; THOMAS ROWLANDSON; CARICATURIST; PLATES; LITERATURE; POEM; VERSE; THE SECOND TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX IN SEARCH OF CONSOLATION.

Rowlandson, Thomas/Combe, William)

The second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; a poem. Volume second

R. Ackermann, 1820. - Sprache englisch/very good condition in second edition - Einband: Ledereinband. 646

Celler VersandantiquariatProfessional seller

Book number: 9a1074

Keywords: Karikaturen/ Satire

Rowlandson, Thomas/Combe, William)

The second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; a poem. Volume second

R. Ackermann, 1813. - Sprache englisch/very good condition in second edition - Einband: Ledereinband. 646

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Book number: 9a1075

Keywords: Karikaturen/ Satire

William COMBE - Thomas ROWLANDSON

The Tour of Doctor Syntax. In Search of the Picturesque. The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax. In Search of Consolation. The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax. In Search of a Wife. The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis.

R. Ackermann • J. Johnson | London 1820 - 1821 | 14.50 x 23.30 cm | 4 volumes reliés R. Ackermann • J. Johnson | London 1820 - 1821 | 14.50 x 23.30 cm | 4 volumes reliés | Très rare ensemble en reliure uniforme des 4 voyages du docteur Syntax illustrés de 3 larges vignettes de titre en couleurs peintes à la main et 97 hors-texte à l'aquatinte peints également à la main (aquarelle et gouache). Edition originale du second tour, du troisième tour, et du dernier volume : The tour through London. Le premier volume a une mention de cinquième édition, sans date, mais certainement publié à la même date que The second tour, en 1820. Ce quatrième volume n'est généralement jamais joint aux trois premiers, on ne le trouve qu'isolément. On remarquera qu'il n'est pas intitulé the fourth tour, mais se trouve comme un nouveau livre à part. Officiellement on considère en effet qu'il y a trois livres qui composent les voyages. On dénombre 30 hors-texte pour le volume I, 24 pour les second et troisième et 19 pour le dernier. Reliure anglaise en plein veau glacé turquoise d'époque. Dos à nerfs orné de 3 caissons décorés de fers en miroir, filets pointillés sur les nerfs, et en coiffes. Pièce de titre de veau rouge, pièces de tomaison de veau noir. Dos devenu vert uniformément. Décolorations vertes sur les plats. Traces de frottement. Quelques rares rousseurs sur un ensemble bien frais. Un feuillet en partie détaché au tome I. Deux feuillets ressortis au tome III. Dans le 4e volume, un manque à la dernière page au coin droit bas. Satire anglaise célèbre et très populaire de la littérature de voyage dont la mode culmina sous la période romantique. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]

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Book number: "86416

Catalogue: Littérature - Éditions originales