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Doctor Syntax; a silhouette of William Combe, Esq. (1742 - 1823)

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Doctor Syntax; a silhouette of William Combe, Esq. (1742 - 1823)

by Hamilton, Harlan W

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(London, Chatto & Windus, 1969). Pictorial dustwrapper, frayed, original buckram, gilt, pp. xix + 340, a few illustrations. 'Hackwriter, satirist, comic poet, Rowlandson's collaborator, Editor of The Times when not in prison for debt, raconteur, life-long enigma: his adventures and misadventures.' 'Thousands of nineteenth-century readers knew the Tours of Doctor Syntax, loved the old-fashioned hero and the aquatints by Rowlandson illustrating the tours, and never heard of the author, William Combe. This was exactly as Combe intended; for half a century of authorship, he never signed a single work. He preferred to be known as a gentleman of leisure, a literary dilettante, even when busily turning out book after book from his quarters in debtors' prison.' .

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Bookseller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA ZA (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
2727
Title
Doctor Syntax; a silhouette of William Combe, Esq. (1742 - 1823)
Author
Hamilton, Harlan W
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
(London, Chatto & Windus, 1969)
Keywords
William Combe. Rowlandson. English literature. Literary biography. Biography
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Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Buckram
A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
Dustwrapper
Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...

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