Author: ROWLANDSON, Thomas
Title: The Dance of Life, a Poem
Description: London, R. Ackermann, 1817. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (6" x 9-1/2") bound in 19th century half polished green calf leather with matching corners and marbled boards; gilt rules; gilt-decorated spine with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label and five raised bands; marbled endpapers and edges; [iv], ii, ii, 285, (3) pages including the advertisement at the end. Illustrated with an additional hand-colored engraved title page, hand-colored frontispiece (representing Time pointing at various scenes on a screen), and 24 hand-colored engravings by Thomas Rowlandson. Ill.: Thomas Rowlandson. Light, scattered foxing, mostly to the text, the plates clean with strong coloring; light wear to the binding. Very Good to Near Fine .

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