THE TOUR OF DR SYNTAX In Search of the Picturesque A Poem. R. Ackermann N.d. c.[1855]. 9th Edition. Additional colour title page, 30 colour Rowlandson plates. Plate opposite pp.40 silked to verso. [AND]. SECOND TOUR . In Search of Consolation. George Routledge and Sons N.d. c.[1880]. 24 colour Rowlandson plates [AND] THIRD TOUR; In Search of a Wife; A Poem. Nattali and Bond 1855. Additional colour title page, 24 colour Rowlandson plates.

[Combe, William].

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Mixed Edition. In all 3 vols. 80 hand cold. plates by Rowlandson including frontiss. and additional t.ps. Light browning, marbled e.ps., inner gilt dentelles, rebound in modern pink straight grained morocco intricate gilt tooled border to boards, gilt tooling and gilt lettered labels to lightly faded spine, a.e.g. ODNB . Combining light-hearted satire of William Gilpin's theory of the picturesque in art with a central character modelled on Cervantes' Don Quixote and Henry Fielding's Parson Adams, Combe created a lovable eccentric whose misadventures on the road structure the Tour. For over a century the many editions and numerous imitations of the Tour attested to the popularity of Combe's humorous hero . US$594. Seller Inventory # 291717

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