The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque: A Poem
by Combe, William
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Marshfield Hills, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: James Miller, n.d.. Hardcover. Good+. Rowlandson, Thomas. Book features 31 hand-colored plates from etchings by noted caricaturist, Thomas Rowlandson. No publication date, but presumed late 19th century. Tall octavo, 313 pp. Blue cloth. From private collection. Cloth shows rubbing and wear along edges and spine ends. Corners gently bumped. Binding a bit shaken. Frontispiece and pictorial title page show faint dampstain tideline along pages' margin.
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- Bookseller
- Black Paw Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9056
- Title
- The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque: A Poem
- Author
- Combe, William
- Illustrator
- Rowlandson, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James Miller
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- n.d.
- Keywords
- Satire, Georgian England,
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- Cloth
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- Shaken
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- Edges
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