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Rare and modern books

Combe William.

DOCTOR SYNTAX'S THREE TOURS. In search of the Picturesque, Consolation, and a Wife. The Text complete, and unabridged, with eight illustrations selected from the more fully Illustrated Edition. 1870 circa.

John Camden Hotten, 1870

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Year of publication
1870
Place of printing
London
Author
Combe William.
Publishers
John Camden Hotten
Keyword
LETTERATURA, OPERE IN LINGUA ORIGINALE
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Fair
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
Condition
Used

Description

Testo inglese. Cm.19,2x12. Pg.354, (10). Legatura in tela con titoli in oro al dorso. Testo su due colonne. Otto tavole satiriche di R. Rowlandson a colori fuori testo. Doppio frontespizio, il secondo figurato. Ex libris William Minturn. "From 1809 to 1811 Come (Bristol, 1742-1823) wrote for Ackermann's "The Poetical Magazine" the serialized comic poem "The Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of the Picturesque", descriptive and moralizing verse illustrated by artist Thomas Rowlandson's color plates. It satirised William Gilpin, who toured Britain to describe his theory of the Picturesque. It was collected in book form in 1812, and was followed by two similar Tours, ".in search of Consolation" (1819) and ".in search of a Wife", the first Mrs Syntax having died at the end of the first Tour. The second Tour was collected as an 1820 book, and the third tour as an 1821 book" (da Wikipedia). Codice libreria 169152.
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