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Rowlandson. Very good. Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson. 29 hand-colored plates. 313 pages. 8vo, original brown cloth (rubbed & worn). New York: James Miller, no date (circa 1870). Very good.
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Rowlandson, Thomas. Very good(+) 30 hand-colored plates including frontispiece, plus illustrated title page. iii + 275pp. and Directions to the Binder. 8vo, full calf with gilt embelishments & leather spine labels. (London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1812), Begun in 1809, and first published in 1812, Dr. Syntax contains Thomas Rowlandson's most famous illustrations. This copy lacks a printed title page, but is apparently a first as there is no indication of its being a later edition on the engraved title page. The plates as well as the text are clean and sharp.
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Rowlandson, Thomas. Very good. THREE VOLUMES. The Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque. 30 hand-colored plates plus illustrated title page. iii + 275pp. and Directions to the Binder; with, The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation. 24 hand-colored plates. 277pp. and Directions to the Binder; and The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of a Wife. 24 hand-colored plates plus illustrated title page. 279pp. and Directions to the Binder. 8vo, 3/4 leather over marbled boards with gilt-decorated spines.; a few plates are cropped in the margins, offsetting from the plates to facing page is present (ranging from very light to quite heavy), scattered light foxing and toning, ownership signature on front free end-paper of each volume, covers are rubbed and lightly worn. London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1812, 1820, 1821. A handsome and very good set. Begun in 1809, and first published in 1812, Dr. Syntax contains Thomas Rowlandson's most famous illustratons.
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Rowlandson, Thomas. Very good(+) 3 volumes. The Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque: A Poem. 30 hand-colored plates plus illustrated title page. iii + 275 pages. 2nd edition. The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation. 24 hand-colored plates. 277 pages. First Edition. The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of a Wife. 24 hand-colored plates plus illustrated title page. 279 pages. First Edition. Tall slim 8vos, full contemporary tan polished calf gilt-decorated spines, neatly and professionally re-cased. London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1812, 1820, 1821. A handsome and very good set protected in a cloth slip case. Begun in 1809, and first published in 1812, Dr. Syntax contains Thomas Rowlandson's most famous illustratons.