London: R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, 1817. First Edition. Mottled Calf. First Edition in book form (originally published in eight monthly parts), Rowlandson and Combe's companion-piece to their earlier "The Dance of Death" and one of Rowlandson's finest works. Royal 8vo: [2],ii,ii,285,[3]pp, with additional engraved title page, frontispiece..... more
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London: Nattali and Bond, Bedford Street, Covent Garden [from 1812], 1855. Early Reprint. Paper-Covered Boards. Ninth Edition, complete in three volumes with 80 hand-colored aquatints by Thomas Rowlandson. (Eighty-one plates are called for on the title pages, but the plate lists contain a total of only 79, with the illustrated..... more
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London: R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, 1821. Decorative Cloth. First Edition in book format of this lively look at life and travel on the eve of the French Revolution. Royal 8vo (247 x 155mm): [2],[ii],291,[5]pp, with 18 hand-coloured aquatints (including frontispiece) drawn by Rowlandson (1757-1827). Original cinnamon cloth..... more
![Item #BB1356 [Hand-Colored] The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. A Hudibrastic...](https://fineeditionsltd.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/BB1356.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1650554525)
London: Printed by Thomas Tegg, No. 111, Cheapside, 1816. First Edition of this ferocious satire of British colonial rule in India. Royal 8vo (244 x 150mm): iii-x,252pp, with folding frontispiece, illustrated title, and 25 full-page plates (all tissue-guarded hand-colored aquatints) and one sepia engraving. C8 (pp. 31-32) is a cancel..... more
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London / Edinburgh / Glasgow: Matthew Iley, Somerset Street / Bell and Bradfute; W. Blackwood / W. Turnbull, 1821. First Edition. Morocco. First Edition. Tall 8vo: [4],251,[1]pp, with 20 leaves of hand-colored aquatints by William Read and C. Williams (after, but not by, Rowlandson, as often asserted). Text in verse..... more
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London: Printed for R. Ackermann 101 Strand by J. Diggens Saint Ann's Lane, 1813. Second Edition. Morocco. Second Edition of this volume of light satirical verse, published the same year as the first, with initials of the authors now subjoined to each incident. Royal 8vo: [8],xv,[1],215,[1]pp, with 21 hand-colored engravings..... more
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London: Published By R. Ackermann, At The Repository Of Arts, 101, Strand, London; And To Be Had Of All The Booksellers In The United Kingdom, 1822. Full Leather. First Edition of the "last of the genuine or 'authorized' Syntax books" (Abbey), first issued in eight monthly parts. Royal 8vo (236..... more