THE TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX THROUGH LONDON, OR THE PLEASURES AND MISERIES OF THE METROPOLIS

by Thomas I. R. Cruikshank Rowlandson, or, William Combe

$1,200 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages · No longer available

First edition

London: J. Johnston, 1820 . 233 x 143 mm. 9 1/8 x 5 7/8 . iv, 2 , 319 pp. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Attractive contemporary purple straight-grain morocco, covers with gilt frame in the Romantic style, raised bands, spine compartments framed in gilt with drawer-handle cornerpieces, gilt titling, gilt-ruled turn-ins with drawer-handle ornaments at corners, green watered silk

• Binding: Leather

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