350 - (Combe, W.). The English Dance of Death, from the Designs of T. Rowlandson with Metrical Illustrations. 2 vols. London, Ackermann, 1815-16. VII, 295 pages, 2 leaves; 1 leaf, 299 pages, 2 leaves. With 1 engraved title page with colored vignette, 1 engraved colored frontispiece and 72 colored aquatint plates. Large octavo. Later half-parchment volumes with red spine dust jacket.

(Combe, W.). The English Dance of Death, from the Designs of T. Rowlandson with Metrical Illustrations. 2 vols. London, Ackermann, 1815-16. VII, 295 pages, 2 leaves; 1 leaf, 299 pages, 2 leaves. With 1 engraved title page with colored vignette, 1 engraved colored frontispiece and 72 colored aquatint plates. Large octavo. Later half-parchment volumes with red spine dust jacket. Tooley 411; Rümann, Das illustr. Buch, pages 36 f.: 'One of the most important works of the beginning of the 19th century in Europe'. - First edition. - Slightly foxed in places and occasionally faintly browned, the plates partly with transfer. - Also: (The same). The Dance of Life, a Poem. With engraved Title page with colored vignette, colored aquatint frontispiece and 24 colored aquatint plates by T. Rowlandson. Ibid., 1817. II, 285 pages, 1 leaf. Large octavo. Contemporary marbled calfskin binding with 3 colored spine labels, corner fleurons, wide gilt edges and gilt top edge (slightly rubbed). - Tooley 410. - First edition. - Companion to the 'Dance of Death', with the well-known humorous depictions from various stages of life, including school, university, family, sports, entering Parliament, etc. - Occasionally lightly foxed, title page with minor edge damage.