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SYNTAX, Dr [pseud COMBE, William].Biblio.com
The Wars of Wellington a Narrative Poem; in fifteen cantos.
rif. 114072London W. T. Gilling 1821. . Second edition with letter by the Duke of Wellington tipped in; 4to 30 x 25 cm; 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates armorial bookplate to front pastedown clean and tight internally; later full red morocco by Bayntuns preserved in cloth slip-case boards gilt spine lettered in gilt in six compartments boards edges gilt rolled all edges gilt turn-ins panelled in gilt a touch of rubbing to spine otherwise a fine copy; 175 pp. A finely bound copy of this poem which includes a signed letter by the Duke of Wellington 1769-1852 to MP John Capel 1767-1846 discussing business in London with the franked envelope. William Combe 1742-1823 was a notorious hack and often ridiculed those in high power such as Lord Lyttelton. The 6 plates are different to that called for in the Abbey copy but all still taken from the first edition. Abbey Life 358; Tooley 153. London, W. T. Gilling, 1821. hardcover
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