The Tour of Doctor [Dr.] Syntax in Search of the Picturesque; The Second Tour...in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour...in Search of a Wife

Title: The Tour of Doctor [Dr.] Syntax in Search of the Picturesque; The Second Tour...in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour...in Search of a Wife Author: Combe, William Publication: London: Pub'd [i.e. published] by R. Ackermann, 1823. Description: Complete three-volume set of William Combe's comic poem "The Tour of Doctor Syntax," which satirizes English travel writer and cleric William Gilpin. First so-called "miniature" edition, with 80 hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson (including frontispieces and title pages), created for this edition at 1/3 of the original size. In original publisher's bindings of full red paper over boards, with green printed paper labels on the spines, housed in custom red-cloth covered enclosure and slipcase with gilt lettering piece. 6.25 x 3.75 inches; Vol. 1: [2], 276, [2] pages, [31] leaves of plates; Vol. 2: [4], 277, [3], 4 pages (including advertisements), [24] leaves of plates; Vol. 3: [4], 279, [1], 4 pages (including advertisements), [25]