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The English dance of death / from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson ; with metrical illustrations by the author of "Doctor Syntax".
LIBRA PR3359.C5 E5 1903 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Combe, William, 1742-1823.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dance of death.
- Penn Provenance:
- Albert, Daniel M. (donor) (Albert Collection copy)
- Albert, Eleanor (donor) (Albert Collection copy)
- Root & Son (stamp) (Albert Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : color illustrations ; 18 cm
- Edition:
- A new edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1903.
- Notes:
- "This issue is founded on the original edition published by R. Ackermann in the year 1815"--Vol. 1, p. [iv].
- Illustrated with colored plates, each with tissue guard.
- Vol. 1 has added color-illustrated title leaf (plate).
- The illustrated pocket library of plain and coloured books.
- Local Notes:
- Van Pelt copy preserved for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John, Ruth, and Sally Ruth MacCorkell Fund.
- Albert Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Dr. Daniel and Eleanor Albert.
- Albert Collection copy: each vol. bound by Root & Son. (with their stamp on verso of front free endpaper) in three-quarter gold-ruled green morocco over marbled paper boards; 5 raised, gold-ruled bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; title, volume number and imprint date stamped in gold on spine; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; red silk marker.
- OCLC:
- 8323515
- Online:
- The John, Ruth, and Sally Ruth MacCorkell Fund Home Page
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