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ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1756–1827), illustrator. –– [COMBE, William (1742–1823)]. The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and Picturesque… London, Edinburgh and Glasgow: Matthew Iley; Bell and Brafute, and W. Blackwood; W. Turnbull, 1821. 8vo. 20 hand–colored aquatints by C. Williams and W. Read after Rowlandson. Later red morocco with a single gilt fillet border, leafy tulip cornerpieces gilt, 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, large leafy tulips gilt in 5 compartments, gilt lettering in remainder, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, turn–ins ruled with double gilt fillet borders and gilt tulip corner pieces, gilt stamp–signed by Wood (light foxing to blanks, else fine); chemise; morocco–backed slipcase. Provenance: Vincent Lloyd–Russell (bookplate). FIRST EDITION in a lovely binding. Abbey, Life 277; Prideaux, p. 334; Tooley 433.