Rowlandson (Thomas).- Combe (William) The English Dance of Death

Rowlandson (Thomas).- Combe (William) The English Dance of Death, 2 vol., 1815-16; The Dance of Life, 1817, together 3 vol., first editions, engraved frontispieces and additional vignette titles in vol.1 & 3 and 96 plates after Thomas Rowlandson, all hand-coloured aquatints, advertisement leaf at end of vol.3, occasional soiling to plates and light offsetting to text, a fine set in contemporary boards with publisher's printed label to spine, upper cover to 'Dance of Life' detached but present, all with brown wrappers, gilt, presented in modern burgundy morocco book-style slipcase, gilt, [Abbey, Life 263-264; Bobins 1360; Tooley 410-411], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1815-1817 *** "Indispensable to any Rowlandson collection, one of the essential pivots of any colour plate library, being one of the main works of Rowlandson". (Tooley).

Estimate:£400

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