English Dance Death Designs Thomas Rowlandson (103 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The English Dance of Death, From the Designs of Thomas Rowlandson;; v.1 1.1. Book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. "A New Edition" Volume I. The pages are clean and unmarked but the pages edges have foxing. The cover has wear and bumping on the edges and there's also some rubbing on the cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 Vols, 293 & 299 pp.+ 72 Hand Colored Illus Plts (With Tissue Guards), Maroon Full Leather Hardbacks, Blue Marbled e.p. with 5 Gilt Rules Paralelling Inside Cover, Elaborate Gilt Title & Designs separated by Raised Bands on Spine, 5 Gilt Rules around Margins of Front & Back Covers, Top Edge Gilt (Binding is by C. Walters), The orig Publisher's Cloth spine and cover are bound-in at back in each volume. Unfortunately there is a torn hole ca 1.5 inch in diameter in the center of pp 3-16 in volume 2. Otherwise, this is a beautifully bound and Desireable Set worthy of the finest library.

Condition: Good. Two volumes octavo, small octavo. : vii, 263; [2], 261pp., Coloured plates. Good copies in original cloth, spines slightly faded.

1/2 Leather. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Color Plates (illustrator). New Edition. London, UK: Metheun and Company. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1903. New Edition. 1/2 Leather. 16mo., 263, 261 pp., rubbed, scattered foxing .

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 348. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1903 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume v.2 Language: English Pages: 348 Volume v.2.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 356. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1903 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume v.1 Language: English Pages: 356 Volume v.1.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 390. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1816 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 2 Language: English Pages: 390 Volume 2.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 400. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1816 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 400 Volume 1.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 354. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1903 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 2 Language: English Pages: 354 Volume 2.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 358. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1903 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 358 Volume 1.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 350. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1903 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 2 Language: English Pages: 350 Volume 2.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 352. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1903 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 352 Volume 1.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 398. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1816 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 398 Volume 1.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 396. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1816 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 2 Language: English Pages: 396 Volume 2.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Thomas Rowlandson (illustrator). 2 volumes. Color frontispiece in first volume along with an extra illustrated tinted title page, dated 1816, vii, [5] 295; frontispiece, [6], 299 pages. In all, there are 74 fine hand-colored aquatint plates (38 in first volume including title vignette; 36 in second volume). Tall 8vo, elegantly bound by Riviere & Son in full crimson morocco; ornate gilt-decorated spines with raised bands; thick inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, uncut edges, t.e.g. (some light wear at outer joints). London: Printed by J. Diggins, St. Ann's Lane; published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts. 1815, 1815-16. First editions. The plates are all printed on sheets smaller than the text block and are tightly bound, close to the gutter; some faint scattered foxing and slight offsetting on some plates, otherwise a fine fresh copy. "Indispensible to any Rowlandson collection, one of the essential pivots of any colour plate Library, being one of the main works of Rowlandson." -Tooley 410-411; Hardie 172; HBS 48288; Prideaux 332; Grolier, Rowlandson 32.Plates are smaller than text sheets and bound in tightly at gutter.

Condition: Fine. First edition, two volumes bound as one, pp.vii,295,(iv),299,(iv)Index, paper-backed plain card boards, 74 hand-coloured plates, including frontispiece, additional engraved title; prelims working loose, a fine unsophisticated copy in the original boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 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.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 338 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.77 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 338 pages. 10.00x7.50x0.77 inches. This item is printed on demand.

First edition of "one of the essential pivots of any colour plate library", a work "indispensable to any Rowlandson collection" (Tooley). It was part of a wave of modern interpretations of the Dance reinvigorated by a return to Holbein's satiric impulse. Rowlandson's vivacious plates depict a particularly vindictive figure of Death. Holbein's 1538 designs "may have inspired Rowlandson but in his Dance of Death he takes his characters from the world round him, sees them in his own original way, and imparts to the subject his own satirical humour, with its curious combination of the sublime and the ludicrous. The union of the gruesome and the grotesque appealed strongly to his imagination, and in completeness of detail and carefulness of grouping the illustrations excel nearly all his other work" (Hardie). The accompanying text by William Combe (1742-1823), one of a series of comic poems written for Rowlandson and for which he is still most famous, is "full of wit and vigour" (ibid.). Published in 24 monthly numbers it was issued in two volumes in boards upon completion. Abbey 263, Hardie 171-172; Ray 35; Tooley pp. 332-334. Dancing with Death. The Origins and Development of the Dance of Death Motif and its Representation in Graphic Art: The Gemmell Collection at the University of Glasgow Library, accessible online. 2 vols, large octavo (228 x 142 mm), pp. 296; 300. Frontispiece, title page, and 72 aquatint plates, all finely hand-coloured. Contemporary quarter calf, spine lettered in gilt, marbled paper sides, pale green endpapers, edges speckled green. Bookplate of Swedish travel writer Carl D. Arfwedson. Spines skinned, bindings rubbed, wear to edges, slight browning to endpapers, offsetting from plates, hand-colouring clean, paper reinforcement to fore edge of vol. II title page: a very good copy.

Condition: Very Good. Thomas Rowlandson (illustrator). First Edition. 2 vols; Royal 8vo; 9 x 5 15/16 inches (230 x 150 mm); Vol. 1: vii, 293, v. Vol. 2: i., 299, iv. Vol. 1: hand-colored frontispiece, hand colored illustrated title (dated March 1st 1816), printed title page dated 1814, a year earlier than the generally accepted first edition in book form; 72 hand-colored aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson on Whatman paper, with tissue guards throughout. Near contemporary 3/4 brown polished calf binding with gold fillets and decorations on band, corners, and spine compartments, gilt title on maroon labels, marbled paper boards and matching end-papers, t.e.g.; f.e.p. loose on vol. 1, some rubbing on joints, spine tips, and corners; some offsets and occasional spotting; margins of three pages and 2 plates of vol. 1 expertly re-margined, 4 mm tear at top of plate facing p. 291, not affecting the image. Armorial bookplate of Graham M. Adee pasted inside front cover of both volumes. [Grolier, Rowlandson 32; Tooley 411; Prideaux pp. 306-07 & p. 332; Ray 35]. Beginning with a frontispiece of Death Crowned, with Dart, Sitting on the World, a title page vignette of skeletons dancing in a churchyard, and a quotation from Horace, the book goes on to illustrate many situations of English life with characters dealing with the presence of death, always portrayed as a spirited skeleton. "Rowlandson's Dance of Death, the only series on the subject since Holbein's to rival that master, is the perfect complement to his Microcosm of London, for here the artist is concerned for the most part not with crowds, but with scenes of violent action or intense emotion drawn from private life. Far from seeming repetitious, the figure of Death provides a sardonic presence which adds immensely to the scenes he stage manages"(Ray, Gordon N. The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914. New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976; pp. 27-28). Rowlandson and Combe had begun a successful collaboration in 1810 on the monthly Doctor Syntax series for Rudolph Ackermann's Poetical Magazine, with Rowlandson producing the illustrations first and Combe writing the poetry, in iambic tetrameter, second. They continued this collaborative style on further works, including this work and The Dance of Life (our inventory no. 867). Published originally in 24 monthly numbers (3 plates to each part) and on completion issued in two volumes, R.V. Tooley pronounces it "Indispensable to any Rowlandson collection, one of the essential pivots of any colour plate Library, being one of the main works of Rowlandson." [English Books with Coloured Plates, 411]. Sarah Prideaux, in her work Aquatint Engraving states that "The Combe-Rowlandson alliance also produced other fruits, the Dance of Death and Dance of Life, being notably above the ordinary level of Combe's verse. These works show the better side of Rowlandson's genius." (pp. 306-7). "The subject of the book lies in the often quoted saying of Horace -- 'Pallida Mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.' (Pale Death, impartial, he knocks at the hovels of the poor, the towers). The idea of Death as the universal depredator, stretching out his bony hand to seize his prey at moments inopportune and unexpected, showing the vanity of human life and the futility of human pleasures and pursuits, had been pictured by many artists before Rowlandson, notably in the famous series by Holbein. Rowlandson in his Dance of Death takes his characters from the world around him, sees them in his own original way, and imparts to the subject his own satirical humour, with its curious combination of the sublime and the ludicrous. It is obvious at a glance that the artist bestowed exceptional care on the illustrations for this book. The union of the gruesome and the grotesque appealed strongly to his imagination and in completeness of detail and carefulness of grouping the illustrations excel nearly all his other work." (Martin Hardie, English Coloured Books, pp. 171-172). Graham M. Adee, whose bookplate appears in each of the 2 volumes, was a Captain of the U.S. Navy and then U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. His stunning library of color-plate and sporting books was sold at Parke-Bernet in 1953.