The Tour[s] Of Doctor Syntax In Search Of [1] The Picturesque; [2] Consolation; [3] A Wife [ 3 Vols]
by Combe, William
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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London: Nattali & Bond. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1860. Hardcover. Art; HUMOR; Color Illustrations; tall 8vo 9" - 10" t; 271; 276, 279 pages; The Tour[s] of Doctor Syntax in Search of [1] The Picturesque; [2] Consolation; a Wife]. [ca. 1860]. Complete 3 vols. Contemp. 1/2 green calf leather & marbled bds. & edges, spines richly gilt, morocco spine labels; scuffed, joints, spine ends & corners rubbed. With 80 color plates (incl. 2 color pictorial titles). Internally clean. Interwoven initials on engraved illustrated book plate by W F Hopton, NH, contemporary. Couple adt'l graphics of plates available. Only 2 vols pictured but there are 3. .
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- Title
- The Tour[s] Of Doctor Syntax In Search Of [1] The Picturesque; [2] Consolation; [3] A Wife [ 3 Vols]
- Author
- Combe, William
- Illustrator
- Rowlandson, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Nattali & Bond
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1860
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