(Coombe, William)

THE ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH, From the Designs of Thomas Rowlandson with Metrical Illustration, by the Author of "Doctor Syntax"...

R. Ackermann by J. Diggens: London, 1815. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #21-1996

2 vols. 72 full-page hand-colored plates plus two frontispieces and one title vignette by Thomas Rowlandson, 9.5 x 6", finely bound in gilt-ruled crushed brown morocco with gilt skulls and crossbones at corners; aeg, SIGNED BINDINGS BY BAYNTUN, 295pp; 299pp, covers beautiful, contents with minor foxing, some plates cut close at upper margins, minor finger soiling otherwise a fantastic, gorgeous set of this highlight of 19th century British publishing and illustration. Death is represented as a skeleton.

Price: $3,500.00