Doctor Syntax In Paris Or a Tour in search of the Grotesque by William Combe

London: W. Wright, 1820. First edition. Boards. Contemporary brown boards with remnant of original paper spine label. Very good. William's, Charles. 318 pages. 26 x 16 cm. Eighteen hand-colored aquatints plates with tissue guards. Plates are by Charles William's, styled with vibrant coloration.Originally issued in parts, and on completion in boards; this copy with wide text margins as issued, and apparently in the original boards containing remnants of a spine label carrying one pound, one shilling price as noted by ABBEY TRAVEL 109 -- also stating '"the text might be conceivably by Combe." TOOLEY 432. William's was chief caricaturist between 1799 and 1815 for the leading British publisher S. W. Fores, and worked in a style similar to James Gillray in his earlier works, Untrimmed, scattered light foxing, plates are generally clean and bright, former owner's bookplates on front paste-down. backstrip slight loss head and foot.