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
Very rare set in uniform binding of the 4 journeys of Doctor Syntax illustrated with 3 large hand-painted color title vignettes and 97 aquatint plates also hand-painted (watercolor and gouache). First edition of the second tour, third tour, and final volume: The tour through London. The first volume bears a mention of fifth edition, undated, but certainly published at the same date as The second tour, in 1820. This fourth volume is generally never joined with the first three, it is only found separately. One will note that it is not entitled the fourth tour, but appears as a new book apart. Officially one considers indeed that there are three books which compose the journeys. We count 30 pla
€3,400