The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or, The pleasures and miseries of the metropolis
Subtitle: a poem
By: by Doctor Syntax.
Contributors: Combe, William, 1742-1823.; Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.; Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.; Riviere & Son,; A. Edward Newton Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: J. Johnston
Published: 1820
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Combe, William, 1742-1823 -- Parodies, imitations, etc.; London (England) -- Poetry.
Genres: Poetry.
Other titles: Tour of Doctor Syntax through London; Pleasures and miseries of the metropolis; Doctor Syntax in London.; Pleasures and miseries of the metropolis.
Notes: Tooley, R.V.  Coloured plates (1979 ed.), 434
Hamilton, H.W.  Doctor Syntax, p. 318
Caption title: Doctor Syntax in London.
Etched (aquatint) t.p., illustrated, hand colored.
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.
LC copy has signed binding by Riviere & Son.
Source: Gift of Mrs. Stanley Lewis, Nov. 13, 1986.