Dr. Syntax Tours in Original Boards

The Tour[s] of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque; …In Search of Consolation; …In Search of a Wife.

(London): R. Ackermann, [ca. 1820-23].

Price: $3,000.00


About the item

Rowlandson, Thomas. Mixed set, as usual, being the 9th edition of the first volume; 3rd edition of the second volume, and first edition of the third. 79 hand-colored aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson. 3 vols. Tall 8vo. Dr. Syntax Tours in Original Boards. In the ORIGINAL BOARDS, UNCUT; the fragile spines variously chipped, joints cracked, paper labels; plates unusually fine, with slight offsetting to the latter. The three housed in a folding cloth box, with individual protective wrappers.

Item #12436

An unusual copy thus, of one of the most famous color plates books of the nineteenth century.