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(ROWLANDSON,THOMAS, illus.) [Combe,William.]
The English Dance of
Death.
2 volumes. Frontispiece, engraved title and 72 colored plates by Rowlandson,
index bound-in at end of each volume. Tall 8vo, contemporary
3
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4
red calf by Bayntun,
spines tooled in gilt in compartments, lettering pieces in 2, few minor scuff marks, all edges
gilt; plates generally clean.
FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM
. “Indispensable to any
Rowlandson collection, one of the essential pivots of any colour plate library, being one of
the main works of Rowlandson” (Tooley 410);Abbey, Life 263.
London: R.Ackerman, 1815 (1816); 1816
[400/600]
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(ROWLANDSON, THOMAS, illus.) [Combe, William.]
The Tour of Doctor
Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque * In Search of Consolation * In Search of a
Wife.
Together, 3 volumes. Colored aquatint frontispiece in each volume, volumes 1 and 3
with additional aquatint title-page, and 75 colored plates by Rowlandson, additional
vignette at end of vol. 3. 8vo, uniform contemporary full maroon morocco by Riviere, all
edges gilt, covers blocked in gilt, spines tooled in gilt in compartments, rebacked with the
original spines laid-down, joints repaired, few superficial surface scratches; inner dentelles,
recased, hinges repaired, textblock trimmed with occasional narrow loss to plate captions.
London: R.Ackerman, 1812-20-(21)
[600/900]
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM
,
MIXED STATE
.
First Tour is the first issue text and with first state
of plate 5, p. 14; SecondTour with later state of plate 15, p. 198.Abbey Life 266-267;Tooley 427-429.
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