16 Apr 2012
10:00 EDT
New York
Fine Books and Manuscripts featuring the Michael Lerner Collection
Back to auction 19972
Fine Books and Manuscripts featuring the Michael Lerner Collection
Back to auction 19972
ROWLANDSON, THOMAS, illustrator.
The Grand Master, or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. London: Thomas Tegg, 1816.
8vo (237 x 144 mm). [iii]-x, 30, 33-74, 73-252 pp. 28 aquatint engraved plates by Thomas Rowlandson, including title and folding frontispiece, all but one plate hand-colored, remaining plate hand-tinted, errata slip tipped in. 19th century half calf over marbled boards, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down. Some spotting, offset from some plates, general shelfwear to binding.
FIRST EDITION of this William Combe imitation. C8 (pp31/32) a cancel leaf not present as usual. A satire against the Marquis of Hastings, the Governor General. Abbey Travel 437; Tooley 412.
8vo (237 x 144 mm). [iii]-x, 30, 33-74, 73-252 pp. 28 aquatint engraved plates by Thomas Rowlandson, including title and folding frontispiece, all but one plate hand-colored, remaining plate hand-tinted, errata slip tipped in. 19th century half calf over marbled boards, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down. Some spotting, offset from some plates, general shelfwear to binding.
FIRST EDITION of this William Combe imitation. C8 (pp31/32) a cancel leaf not present as usual. A satire against the Marquis of Hastings, the Governor General. Abbey Travel 437; Tooley 412.
Estimate:
US$ 500 - 700
£330 - 460
€390 - 540
£330 - 460
€390 - 540
Category: Books / Books, Maps and Manuscripts
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![ROWLANDSON, THOMAS; WILLIAM COMBE. The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of a Wife. London: R. Ackermann, 1812-20-[21].<BR />](http://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-02/28/8501426-7-1.jpg.tif&tmp=web075&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![ROWLANDSON, THOMAS. [COMBE, WILLIAM]. The English Dance of Death, Volumes I and II [and] The Dance of Life. London: R. Ackermann, 1815-16, 1817.<BR />](http://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-02/28/8501426-34-1.jpg.tif&tmp=web075&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![ROWLANDSON (THOMAS, illustrator) [COMBE (WILLIAM)] The English Dance of Death, 2 vol., 1815-1816; and another (3)](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-08/16/8525297-102-2.jpg.tif&tmp=web075&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![[ROWLANDSON, THOMAS]. [COMBE, WILLIAM, ET AL.] Poetical Magazine; Dedicated to the Lovers of the Muse. London: R. Ackermann, 1809-[11].<BR />](http://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-03/02/8501426-36-1.jpg.tif&tmp=web075&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![[ROWLANDSON, THOMAS.] GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. London: R. Ackermann, 1817.<BR />](http://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-03/02/8501426-47-1.jpg.tif&tmp=web075&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![[ROWLANDSON, THOMAS.] [ENGELBACH, LEWIS.] Naples and the Campagna Felice. London: R. Ackermann, 1815.<BR />](http://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-02/28/8501426-43-1.jpg.tif&tmp=web075&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
