78. Combe (William) [Three Tours of Doctor Syntax] plus The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, together 4 vol., comprising: The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, eighth edition , 1819; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation, first edition , 1820; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife, first edition , 1821; The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, third edition, 1820, hand-coloured aquatint plates, those in first 3 vol. after Thomas Rowlandson, occasional foxing, offsetting and soiling, uniformly bound in later citron crushed morocco, gilt by Zaehnsdorf, first 3 with a.e.g., last with t.e.g., 8vo

est. £500 – £750

The last is an imitation of Combe.

Sold for £580
Sale 566, 27th April 2006


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