ROWLANDSON, THOMAS] COMBE, WILLIAM. The English Dance of Death from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson with metrical illustrations, by the author of "Doctor Syntax." [With:] The Dance of Life. A Poem. London: R. 1815; 1816; 1817. First editions in book form, the first volume of the Dance of Death with a presentation inscription to Anthony Thomas Ryves from William Combe, dated November 1, 1816. Three volumes uniformly bound in early 20th century speckled calf gilt (the volume of Life with a verdigris cast), spines richly gilt, all edges gilt. 9 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches (23 x 14 cm); frontispiece, engraved title, printed title, iii-vii, [1], 295, [5] pp.; printed title, [iv], 299, [1] pp., the two volumes of Death containing 72 hand-colored aquatint plates; frontispiece, engraved title, printed title, ii, ii, 285, [iii] pp. (with terminal advertisement page), with 24 hand-colored. Light binding wear, internally some very faint spotting but generally a fresh copy with excellent coloring, the plates with guard-sheets, thus the text bears minimal offsetting. The date on some plates has been lost where the text is bound close to the gutter. Presentation copies by the author are extremely rare; we note none in American Book Prices Current to (at least) 1975. Abbey Life 263, 264; Tooley 411. C
ROWLANDSON, THOMAS] COMBE, WILLIAM. The English Dance of Death from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson with metrical illustrations, by the author of "Doctor Syntax." [With:] The Dance of Life. A Poem. London: R. 1815; 1816; 1817. First editions in book form, the first volume of the Dance of Death with a presentation inscription to Anthony Thomas Ryves from William Combe, dated November 1, 1816. Three volumes uniformly bound in early 20th century speckled calf gilt (the volume of Life with a verdigris cast), spines richly gilt, all edges gilt. 9 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches (23 x 14 cm); frontispiece, engraved title, printed title, iii-vii, [1], 295, [5] pp.; printed title, [iv], 299, [1] pp., the two volumes of Death containing 72 hand-colored aquatint plates; frontispiece, engraved title, printed title, ii, ii, 285, [iii] pp. (with terminal advertisement page), with 24 hand-colored. Light binding wear, internally some very faint spotting but generally a fresh copy with excellent coloring, the plates with guard-sheets, thus the text bears minimal offsetting. The date on some plates has been lost where the text is bound close to the gutter. Presentation copies by the author are extremely rare; we note none in American Book Prices Current to (at least) 1975. Abbey Life 263, 264; Tooley 411. C
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