![]() ![]() AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. ** Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. ** EDITION POINTS: Volume 1 is Fifth Edition. His aquatints were the inspiration for William Combe's The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax. He also wrote satirical verse under the pen name of Peter Pindar. ** Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian era, known for his political satire and social observation. Volume 1 features 29 plates with one possibly missing. ** Features the hand-colored illustrations of Thomas Rowlandson. He also wrote the letterpress for various illustrated books. The comic poem The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax is the work for which he is chiefly remembered, together with a series of imaginary letters supposed to have been written by the second Lord Lyttelton, and his hacking talents. ** William Combe (1742-1823) was a British miscellaneous writer, who begun his life as an adventurer, ending it within the "rules" of the King Bench's prison. ![]() Written in elegant verse, this is a remarkable bit of poetry, filled with adventure and a satirical view of aesthetic ideals and its pompous followers, in an overall moralizing tone. ** The adventures of Doctor Syntax as he seeks first the picturesque, and then consolation, are entertaining and funny, and reveal some valuable lessons about fortune and the ways of fate. ** Both volumes feature antiquarian leather binding with gilt on spines and hand-colored illustrations. Book may exhibit additional minor signs of age or wear. Text block edges display commensurate aging. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Interior exhibits commensurate toning with overall foxing and staining, as well as some damp staining. Plates show occasional damage, with foxing and some staining going into colors. Illustrations are overall well preserved with vibrant colors. Binding is intact at gutter with the exception of hinges. Spines display some rubbing and chipping to ends. Volume 2: upper back corner shows a hard bump title page and introduction are detached from textblock with front cover, to which it hangs by a thread endpaper and frontis are secured to front cover all plates complete. Volume 1: plate #4 might be missing foot end of spine has a chip several pages of text show some damage, with tears mended with transparent and opaque tape page 8 has tape along fore edge, and page 90 has a large 3" x 3", (square) chip to upper corner page 168 is torn with more than half of page missing. Some corners are rounded by extreme wear. Covers display pronounced commensurate aging and wear, with overall rubbing and some cracking to leather, as well as exposed boards at corners, some more than others. Volume 2 features lovely colored marble design on pastedowns. ** Antiquarian binding features leather boards, and title blocks with gilt lettering and 4 raised bands on spines. VOLUME 2 IS FIRST EDITION, Vol 1 is 5th Ed, possibly missing plate #4. Bindings in fine condition, holding firmly and of pleasing appearance contents complete, and generally clean and tight. II & III with more recent owner's surname on rectos of first preliminary leaves. I with owner's name of some age at upper edge of engraved title, Vols. ![]() II & III also with a number of creased and/or furled corner tips. ![]() Contents of all three volumes occasionally lightly toned, here & there lightly spotted or with isolated spots, with a few minor dust- & handling-marks, and variable offsetting from plates Vols. II & III toned, marbling now faint, and top edges darkened and a little marked. II & III contrasting with bright recently-cut edges of Vol. Uniform marbled edges of text-blocks of Vols. Smooth spines with modest gilt decorations, each with two gilt-lettered maroon leather labels - one with title "Syntax Tours", the other with volume number. Recent uniform half blond calf, marbled paper-covered boards, replacement endpapers. III): pp(4)/(2)(2)279(1)/(2) including two blank preliminary leaves, preface, directions to binder, and blank final leaf with frontispiece, engraved title-page with colour vignette, 23 plates in text, and tinted vignette tailpiece at page 279. II): pp(4)/(4)277(1)(2)/(4) including two blank preliminary leaves, letterpress title, introduction, directions to binder, and two blank final leaves with frontispiece, and 23 plates in text. I): pp(2)/(2)276(2)(2)(18)/(2) including blank preliminary leaf, preface, directions to binder, 18pp publisher's list, and blank final leaf with frontispiece, engraved title-page with colour vignette, 29 plates in text, and vignette tailpiece at page 276. The three-volume 'miniature' edition, first edition thus. ![]()
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