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Physical description: xii, 132 pages: ill. (some col.); 27 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]) and index. Contents: With selections from the original verse by William Combe. Summary: Doctor Syntax, one of the most popular characters in nineteenth-century English fiction made his public debut in May 1809 in the first issue of Poetical Magazine under the editorial supervision of publisher and art dealer Rudolph Ackermann. Under the title 'The Schoolmaster's Tour', the magazine featured its first installment of the adventures and misadventures of this eccentric traveller and pedantic cleric, illustrated with aquatint drawings by the prolific caricaturist and comic artist, Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), with narrative commentary by William Combe. Subjects: Combe, William 1742-1823 Caricatures and cartoons. Rowlandson, Thomas 1756-1827. English wit and humour, Pictorial. Prints, English. Prints, English Collectors and collecting. Genre: Bibliography. Caricatures and cartoons. Illustrated.
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This text includes all the illustrations to the three Tours of Doctor Syntax, featuring the adventures of the traveller and cleric, with the first reproduced in colour. Over eighty reproductions are included, each accompanied by a commentary and selections from the original verse.
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