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Lot 85
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
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Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$1,105
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Lot Description
CRUIKSHANK, Robert (1789-1856). The British Dance of Death. London: George Smeeton, n.d. [1822-1823].
8vo. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece by Robert Cruikshank, letterpress title with wood-engraved vignette and decorative border of skulls and winged timers, 18 hand-colored aquatints after Van Assen. (Offsetting to text from plates.) Early 20th century half morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, stamp-signed by the Booklovers Shop of Cleveland (spine lightly sunned). Provenance: Henry A. Sherwin (bookplate).
Second edition, first printed in 1813 by Hodgson. Tooley 111.
[With:] HOLBIEN, Hans, illustrator. The Dance of Death. London: John Harding, 1804. 8vo. 33 engravings after Holbein by Hollar. Contemporary calf.
[With:] HOLBIEN, Hans, illustrator. The Dance of Death. London: J. Coxhead, 1816. 8vo. 2 engraved portraits and 31 hand-colored engraved plates after Holbien by Hollar. Contemporary straight-grain morocco gilt.
Together, 3 works in 3 volumes.
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