[Combe, William] / [Thomas Rowlandson].

The Tour of Doctor Syntax – In Search of the Picturesque – A Poem [plus: “Volume Second”: “The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax – In Search of Consolation – A Poem”].

Volume One in Fourth Edition / Volume Two in First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Published by R. Ackermann at the Repository of Arts, 1813 – 1820. Large Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, engraved titlepage, [2], 276, plus 1 page with “Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates”. With 31 handcoloured illustrations (including Frontispiece and titlepage) by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson / Volume II: Frontispiece, [1], 277 pages plus 1 page with “Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates”. With 22 (of 24) handcoloured illustrations by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. Hardcover / Original half leather with original spine-labels and ornaments. Both Volumes with some rubbing but both in firm, original condition. Interior of Volume I with some mild foxing and fingerstaining only but all plates excellent. Interior of Volume II with a tear and loss of paper to the front free endpaper, some mild foxing, one plate and one textpage (page 11) slightly detached and with fraying). Minor wormholedamage to rear board (neglectable). Overall these two Volumes are in very good condition !

Illustrations included in Volume One are:

1. Doctor Syntax setting out
2. Doctor Syntax losing his way
3. Doctor Syntax Stopped by Highwaymen
4. Doctor Syntax bound to a Tree by Highwaymen
5. Doctor Syntax disputing his bill with the landlady
6. Doctor Syntax copying the Wit of the Window
7. Doctor Syntax entertained at College
8. Doctor Syntax pursued by a Bull
9. Doctor Syntax mistakes a Gentleman’s House for an Inn
10. Doctor Syntax Meditating on the Tombs
11. Doctor Syntax tumbling into the Water
12. Doctor Syntax loses his money on the Race Ground [Track]
13. Doctor Syntax at a Review
14. Doctor Syntax with my Lord
15. Doctor Syntax made free of the cellar
16. Doctor Syntax Sketches the Lake
17. Doctor Syntax drawing after Nature
18. Doctor Syntax robbed of his Property
19. Doctor Syntax sells Grizzle
20. Doctor Syntax rural sports
21. Doctor Syntax and Dairy-maid
22. Doctor Syntax at Liverpool
23. Doctor Syntax reading his Tour
24. Doctor Syntax preaching
25. Doctor Syntax and the Bookseller
26. Doctor Syntax at Covent-Garden Theatre
27. Doctor Syntax and the Dream
28. Doctor Syntax returned from the Tour
29. Doctor Syntax taking possession of his Living
30. Frontispiece (″The Reverend Doctor Syntax”)
31. Engraved titlepage


Illustrations included in Volume Two are:

1. [Frontispiece]: Doctor Syntax and his counterpart
2. Doctor Syntax lamenting the loss of his wife
3. Doctor Syntax at the funeral of his wife
4. Doctor Syntax setting out on his second Tour
5. Doctor Syntax and the Gypsies
6. Doctor Syntax loses his Whig
7. The Visit of Dr. Syntax to Widow Hopeful at York
8. Doctor Syntax amused with Pat in the Pond
9. Doctor Syntax in the Glass-house
10. Doctor Syntax visits Eaton-Hall, Cheshire
11. Doctor Syntax making his Will
12. Doctor Syntax in a Court of Justice (this plate is missing!)
13. Doctor Syntax present at a coffee-house quarrel at Bath
14. Doctor Syntax and the superannuated Fox-Hunter
15. Doctor Syntaxwith the Skimmington Riders
16. Doctor Syntax and the Bees
17. Doctor Syntax visits a boarding-school for Young Ladies (this plate is missing!)
18. Doctor Syntax making a discovery
19. Doctor Syntax painting a Portrait
20. Marriage of Dr.Dicky Bend
21. Doctor Syntax at an Auction
22. Doctor Syntax and the Bookseller
23. Doctor Syntax at Freemasons Hall
24. Miss Worthy’s Marriage – Doctor Syntax in the Chair

• Keywords: 19th Century – Rare · 19th Century Literature · Art · Art – Rare · Caricature · Catalogue No.10 – International Literature · Catalogue Ten – International Literature · English History · English History – Rare · English Literature – Rare · Illustrated Books · Illustrated Books Rare · Satire
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31343AB

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