"The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque"
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"The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque" |
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3501 | |
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Author: |
William Combe with drawings by Thomas Rowlandson | ||||
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1813 | ||||
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Published by Ackermann, 101 Strand, London | ||||
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Boards - 9 5/8" x 6" (24.4 x 15.2 cm); pages - 9 1/4" x 5 3/4" (24.8 x 14.6 cm) | ||||
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Book as published by Ackermann, 3rd edition, published April 1st, 1813 with drawings by Thomas Rowlandson and text by William Combe. The drawings engraved and hand colored. Partial leather binding with gilt trim on the spine, marble style boards. Pages numbered through #276. Advertising pages in the front after the title page numbered i to iii with the 4th page being a notice about the third edition. | (click on image for photos) |
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Good condition. Tight binding in good condition, wear on the covers; some pencil marks on the front blank pages, stains on margins of some pages not going into the text, particularly on page iii, 1,2, and 95 to 100, lighter stains showing within the text; after page 100 the condition much improved; paper somewhat toned with some bleeding from the colors to the adjacent page. | ||||
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$450 | Status: Available | |||