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[Novels] The dance of life, 1817
[First Edition]
Combe, William. The dance of life, a poem, by the author of "Doctor Synta”, illustrated with coloured engravings by Thomas Rowlandson . London : published by R. Ackermann, repository of arts, 101, Strand, 1817 (London : J. Diggens, printer, St. Ann's Lane)
Small 4to, Full leather binding, gilt decorations at spine, titles on red and black labels at spine, pp. II, 285, [3]., [26] coloured plate.
One of the most typical among the illustrated caricatural work of British XIX century.