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Doctor Syntax in Paris; or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque.
London, Printed for W. Wright 1820. 8vo. (8 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 222 x 133 mm). 18 hand-colored plates including engraved vignette-title. Bound by Riviere & Son in full red pebbled morocco, covers double-ruled in gilt, spines paneled, tooled, and lettered in gilt 6 compartments, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, ownership stamp to front free fly-paper, half-title. Condition: Very light edgewear. Provenance: Harry Lawrence Bradfer-Lawrence (bookplate). [WITH:] PIERCE, Egan (1772-1849). Life in London. London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1821. 8vo. (9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 235 x 146 mm). 36 hand colored plates and numerous etchings by Cruikshank, also with 3 pages of music “Life in London-A Song” (folding), bound-in. Condition: Some spotting, light wear to edges, music browned, description pasted onto half-title. first editions.