The English Dance of Death, (2 vols.) + The English Dance of Life
London: Printed by J. Diggens, Published at R. Ackerman's Repository of Arts, 1815-1817.
First editions in book form. Together 3 vols. Illustrated with 98 hand-colored aquatint plates by Rowlandson. ["Indispensable to any Rowlandson collection, one of the essential pivots of any colour plate library, being one of the main works of Rowlandson." -Tooley, pgs. 410-411; Abbey Life, pgs. 263-264.]
Octavos. Bound in full brown calf, spines elaborately decorated in gilt in five compartments. Covers triple-ruled with floral ornaments in corners; board edges gilt; filt turn-ins; top edges gilt. All volumes have been professionally rebacked; armorial bookplates in each volume; otherwise a lovey, very clean copy of the desirable set. The set housed in a three-compartment slipcase. Item #144183
Price: $4,500.00