2 volumes, 8vo (229 x 140 mm). Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and title (vol. I), 72 hand-colored aquatint plates after Rowlandson (occasional very light spotting, soiling.) Later red morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by W. Root & Son (very light rubbing, light offsetting to endpapers). Provenance: Armorial bookplate on the front free endpaper of each volume.

FIRST EDITION. The English Dance of Death was originally issued in 24 monthly parts, having been born from the success of Rowlandson and Combe's previous collaboration, The Tour of Dr Syntax. Abbey Life, 263; Tooley 411; Prideaux, pp.306-307; Ray 35; Martin Hardie, pp.171-172.