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Doctor Syntax in Paris; or, A Tour in Search of the Grotesque
by [Combe, William?]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary boards, recased and rebacked in later cloth. One plate detached. Lacking Abbey's Plate 12 ("Doctor Syntax / produci
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: W. Wright, 1820. First edition. Engraved title page & 16 [of 17] hand-colored aquatint plates after Charles Williams. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary boards, recased and rebacked in later cloth. One plate detached. Lacking Abbey's Plate 12 ("Doctor Syntax / producing his certificate of marriage to his hostess"). Williams, Charles. First edition. Engraved title page & 16 [of 17] hand-colored aquatint plates after Charles Williams. 1 vols. 8vo. Syntax Spinoff. The plates of this rollicking Doctor Syntax spinoff are by Charles Williams, chief caricaturist for the printseller Fores, and they are as fully irreverent as the Rowlandson (and Gillray) plates which were his inspiration, and all the more so for their Gallic setting. As for the text, "it might conceivably be genuinely by Combe ... " - Abbey. Abbey Travel 109; Houfe, p. 498
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42324
- Title
- Doctor Syntax in Paris; or, A Tour in Search of the Grotesque
- Author
- [Combe, William?]
- Format/Binding
- Engraved title page & 16 [of 17] hand-colored aquatint plates after Charles Williams. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary boards, recased and rebacked in later cloth. One plate detached. Lacking Abbey's Plate 12 ("Doctor Syntax / produci
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- W. Wright
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1820
- Keywords
- Color Plate | Incompletes | Boards | William Combe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Sets & Fine Bindings;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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