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The English Dance of Death, from the Designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with Metrical Illustrations, by the Author of "Doctor Syntax
by [COMBE, William] & ROWLANDSON, Thomas
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- Condition
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About This Item
London: R. Axkermann, 1815. First. hardcover. near fine. Thomas Rowlandson. 2 volumes. Color frontispiece in first volume along with an extra illustrated tinted title page, dated 1816, vii, [5] 295; frontispiece, [6], 299 pages. In all, there are 74 fine hand-colored aquatint plates (38 in first volume including title vignette; 36 in second volume). Tall 8vo, elegantly bound by Riviere & Son in full crimson morocco; ornate gilt-decorated spines with raised bands; thick inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, uncut edges, t.e.g. (some light wear at outer joints). London: Printed by J. Diggins, St. Ann's Lane; published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts. 1815, 1815-16. First editions. The plates are all printed on sheets smaller than the text block and bound fairly close at gutter; some faint scattered foxing and slight offsetting on some plates, otherwise a fine fresh copy.<br/> <br/> "Indispensible to any Rowlandson collection, one of the essential pivots of any colour plate Library, being one of the main works of Rowlandson." -Tooley 410-411; Hardie 172; HBS 48288; Prideaux 332; Grolier, Rowlandson 32.Plates are smaller than text sheets and bound in tightly at gutter.<br/> <br/>
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- Argosy Book Store
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 291637
- Title
- The English Dance of Death, from the Designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with Metrical Illustrations, by the Author of "Doctor Syntax
- Author
- [COMBE, William] & ROWLANDSON, Thomas
- Illustrator
- Thomas Rowlandson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- R. Axkermann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1815
- Keywords
- Rowlandson
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Fine
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- Plate
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