Doctor Comicus, or, The frolics of fortune
Subtitle: a comic, satirical poem for the squeamish and the queer : in twelve cantos
By: by a surgeon ; illustrated with numerous plates.
Contributors: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.; Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Publisher: Jaques & Wright
Published: 1828
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Combe, William, 1742-1823 -- Parodies, imitations, etc.
Other titles: Doctor Comicus.; Frolics of fortune.
Notes: Added engr. t.p., colored.
An imitation of The tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the picturesque / William Combe ; engravings by Thomas Rowlandson. Cf. Doctor Syntax / H.W. Hamilton. 1969. p. 318.
Originally published as: The adventures of Doctor Comicus, or, The frolicks of fortune / by a modern Syntax. Cf. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860 / R.V. Tooley. no. 431.
The makeup of this ed. follows Tooley 431, save for the absence of Tooley plates 11 and 15, the appearance of Tooley plates 10 and 14 at pages 114 and 176, and the inclusion of an untitled plate (Tooley 11?) at p. 210. In each case the plates relate to the text at the page of insertion.