The English dance of death
by William Combe, Thomas Rowlandson, Rudolph Ackermann, and John Diggens
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Pagination, v. 1: vii, [1], 295, [5] p.; v.2: [2], 299, [5] p.), [74] leaves of plates.
Signatures: v.1: a⁴ A-2O⁴ chi²; v.2: pi1 A-2P⁴.
First edition. Cf. Hamilton.
Added title page in v. 1 dated 1816
Frontispiece, added title page, and 72 plates are engraved aquatints, hand-colored.
Originally published in 24 monthly parts, 1814-1816.
In one state, the words "Introductory dialogue" on p. [1] of v. 1 are set in hollow Roman capitals, & the 1st line of the poem has the reading: "Father Time! 'tis well we're met"; in another state the words "Introductory dialogue" are set in solid Roman capitals, and the 1st line of the poem has the reading: "Father Time! 'tis well we are met."
Hamilton, H.W. Doctor Syntax, p. 307
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