[Rarebooks] FS: THE DANCE OF LIFE, 1817, with Hand-Colored Plates by Thomas Rowlandson

[Charles Agvent]

ROWLANDSON, Thomas. THE DANCE OF LIFE, A POEM. London: R. Ackermann, 
1817. First Edition. 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. Light, scattered 
foxing, mostly to the text, the plates clean with strong coloring; light 
wear to the binding. Very Good to Near Fine. (#020725)     $750

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