Author: William Combe
Title: The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque a Poem
Description: London, R. Ackerman, 1820. Leather. A lavishly illustrated edition of William Combe's Doctor Syntax. Fourth edition, with new plates. Illustrated throughout with thirty-one hand-coloured plates. From 1809 to 1811 Combe wrote for Ackermann's Poetical Magazine the famous Tour of Dr Syntax in search of the Picturesque (descriptive and moralizing verse of a somewhat doggerel type), which, owing greatly to Thomas Rowlandson's designs, was an immense success. It satirised William Gilpin, who toured Britain to describe his theory of the Picturesque. In a half-calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, rubbed, with some slight wear to the extremities. Joints are cracked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are foxed throughout with some handling marks. Private ex-libris blindstamp to front free-endpaper. Good . Ill.: Unnamed. Good .
Keywords: poetry illustrations syntax colour illustrations Unnamed
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Title: The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque a Poem
Description: London, R. Ackerman, 1820. Leather. A lavishly illustrated edition of William Combe's Doctor Syntax. Fourth edition, with new plates. Illustrated throughout with thirty-one hand-coloured plates. From 1809 to 1811 Combe wrote for Ackermann's Poetical Magazine the famous Tour of Dr Syntax in search of the Picturesque (descriptive and moralizing verse of a somewhat doggerel type), which, owing greatly to Thomas Rowlandson's designs, was an immense success. It satirised William Gilpin, who toured Britain to describe his theory of the Picturesque. In a half-calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, rubbed, with some slight wear to the extremities. Joints are cracked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are foxed throughout with some handling marks. Private ex-libris blindstamp to front free-endpaper. Good . Ill.: Unnamed. Good .
Keywords: poetry illustrations syntax colour illustrations Unnamed
Price: GBP 250.00 = appr. US$ 357.00 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: LTH22-D-11
- Book number: LTH22-D-11
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