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ROWLANDSON, THOMAS] A group of six volumes, including COMBE, WILLIAM. The English Dance of Death. . London: Ackermann, 1815. First edition. Two volumes, three-quarters leather, marbled sides. 9 1/8 inches (23 cm); frontispiece, engraved title and printed title dated 1815, vii, half-title, second printed title dated 1814 (so this copy was presumably bound from the parts), vii, 293 pp., [2] ff. plate list, with 36 hand-colored aquatint plates after Rowlandson; printed title, 299 pp., with [2] ff. plate list, and 36 hand-colored aquatint plates. Marginal restoration to first leaf of the second volume, creasing to the final plate and leaves; Together with COMBE, WILLIAM. The Dance of Life. London: Ackermann, 1817. Publisher's orange cloth in modern slipcase. 9 3/4 inches (34 cm); frontispiece, engraved title, printed title, ii, ii, 285 pp., with 24 hand-colored aquatint plates after Rowlandson. A near fine copy; And COMBE, WILLIAM. The Tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the Picturesque...[Second Tour]...[Third tour]. London: Ackermann, n.d. Third edition (circa 1830). Three volumes, original orange cloth. 9 5/8 inches (24 cm); various paginations, engraved titles and 78 plates after Rowlandson. Generally a very clean set. C Estate of Karl Lunde