1855 The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax William Combe Poetry

Handsomely bound in half calf, this is the three volume 9th edition of Dr. Combe's humorous work, illustrated throughout with hand-coloured plates by Thomas Rowlandson. The ninth edition, complete in three volumes.Uniformly bound in half calf, with gilt detailing to back strips.The work of William Combe, a British writer best remembered today for these three works, which serve as a satire of the cleric William Gilpin.Present here are:The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, illustrated with a hand-coloured title page, frontispiece, and twenty-nine hand-coloured plates.The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece and twenty-three further plates.The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, illustrated with a hand-coloured title page, frontispiece, and twenty-three hand-coloured plates.Collated, complete.Former owner's inscriptions dated 1890 to a front blank of each volume, and armorial bookplate of Samuel Augustine Courtauld to the front pastedowns. In half calf bindings, with gilt detailing to back strip, and marbled paper covered boards. Two spine labels renewed, with a touch of rubbing to back strip heads and tails. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Inscriptions to a front blank of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd spot or light handling mark, most concentrated to volume I. Very Good Indeed