348 - Combe, W. The tour of Doctor Syntax. Ninth edition with new plates. 3 vols. London, Nattali & Bond, 1855. With 2 engraved title pages, each with 1 colored vignette, 3 colored engraved frontispieces, and 75 colored aquatint plates by T. Rowlandson. 4to. Contemporary gilt and blind-tooled cloth bindings (somewhat foxed and bumped, one spine joint cracked).

Combe, W. The tour of Doctor Syntax. Ninth edition with new plates. 3 vols. London, Nattali & Bond, 1855. With 2 engraved title pages, each with 1 colored vignette, 3 colored engraved frontispieces, and 75 colored aquatint plates by T. Rowlandson. 4to. Contemporary gilt and blind-tooled cloth bindings (somewhat foxed and bumped, one spine joint cracked). Subtitles of the volumes: 1. In Search of the Picturesque. 2. In Search of Consolation. 3. In Search of a Wife. - A popular and widely reprinted work with the charming illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson, humorously caricaturing English life of the time, this amusing satirical travelogue was first published in 1812. - With illustrations newly created for this edition. - Wide margins. - Inner hinges cracked.