Accession number
PML 150826
Published
London : J. Johnston, 1820.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Not written by William Combe, who originated the Dr. Syntax character and used that pseudonym. The drawings for the plates may be by Thomas Rowlandson, the illustrator of the original Syntax books, or, more likely, by Robert Cruikshank. Cf. Hamilton, Tooley.
Originally issued in 8 parts. Cf. Tooley.
The ill. are hand colored.
Includes hand-coloured frontispiece and title page and 18 plates.
Caption title: Doctor Syntax in London.
Etched (aquatint) t.p., illustrated, hand colored.
Originally issued in 8 parts. Cf. Tooley.
The ill. are hand colored.
Includes hand-coloured frontispiece and title page and 18 plates.
Caption title: Doctor Syntax in London.
Etched (aquatint) t.p., illustrated, hand colored.
Description
iv, 319 p., [19] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 26 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Quarter calf binding.
Classification
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