Description: First Editions. 3 Volumes. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax; In Search of The Picturesque (1812), In Search of Consolation (1820), In Search of a Wife (1821). The Complete Set of First Editions. Fine Copies, very scarce, particularly the first volume. In publisher's cloth slipcover. 8vo. 1812-21. Combe, William; Illustrated by Rowlandson. London: R. Ackermann's Repository. Crushed levant green Morocco with gilt dentelles. Spines pleasantly sunned to brown. Signed Riviere & Son binding. Bookplate of Mary Bryant Sprague to each volume. Blood red endpapers with heavy gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. First Edition fine original impressions of the 80 humorous hand colored plates with vignette titles by Thomas Rowlandson. Thomas Rowlandson was a caricaturist and printmaker whose bawdy satirical images and political cartoons captured the popular imagination of Georgian Britain. Along with fellow artist James Gillray, he ushered in the golden age of British caricature art at the turn of the 19th century. Rowlandson produced sardonic illustrations in ink and watercolor that skewered powerful political figures such as William Pitt and Napoleon Bonaparte and depicted contemporary events in a humorous style. He achieved success working for publishers like Rudolph Ackermann -who commissioned him to create drawings for a wide range of titles -and sold prints and watercolors to wealthy collectors. Rowlandson also produced explicit erotica for select private clients. William Combe, (born 1741, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England-died June 19, 1823, London), prolific English writer of miscellaneous prose and satirical verse who is best remembered for the popular Dr. Syntax series of books, published between 1812 and 1821, for which he supplied text and Thomas Rowlandson provided drawings. Free shipping via USPS for United State purchaser within the continental U.S., International shipping determined using USPS Priority Express, DHL, FedEx, or Parcel Monkey. We are located within City Antiques in Historic Roswell, Georgia at 700 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, GA. 30076. We would love to have you visit, or email us at sidekerbookseller at gmail.com for specific wants or needs, thanks!
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