[Hand-Colored Plates]. The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles
by [Combe, William, after]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- About very good in full polished calf, ruled in gilt, raised bands, morocco spine label, spine tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, m
- Seller
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Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
"[T]he day of the 'Comic Highlander' was at hand. In 1821, The Tour of Doctor Prosody in Search of the Antique and Picturesque was published in London . . ." Dunbar, The Costume of Scotland (1984, pg. 78).
8vo. [6], 251pp., without half title. Tooley 433 (noted as a "Syntax Imitation"). Abbey, Life 277. Prideaux, pg. 334. Hardie, pg. 317 ("the plates not by Rowlandson").
Details
- Bookseller
- Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 341
- Title
- [Hand-Colored Plates]. The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles
- Author
- [Combe, William, after]
- Book Condition
- Used - About very good in full polished calf, ruled in gilt, raised bands, morocco spine label, spine tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, m
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London: Matthew Iley; Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute; Glasgow: W. Turnbull
- Date Published
- 1821
Terms of Sale
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- Bookplate
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- Raised Band(s)
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Calf
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- Gilt
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