Accession number
PML 37552
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Published
[Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Notes
Lacking all before p. v.
Dedication signed: Horace Walpole.
200 copies printed.
Limited to 200 copies.
First ed., first state; but with the second state of p. 81, line 4, the exclamation point is under the "r" of for. The extra leaf at end [217]-219 has heading "Inscription on a picture of the late pope", i.e. Benedict XIV.
Signatures: A-Z⁴, Aa-Dd⁴, Ee⁶; A4, a ... blank wanting; F2, Gz, Qz unsigned.
Entered in the Journal of the printing office at Strawberry Hill under date 1758, July 13. Printed by William Robinson, Walpole's first printer (1757-59).
Dedication signed: Horace Walpole.
200 copies printed.
Limited to 200 copies.
First ed., first state; but with the second state of p. 81, line 4, the exclamation point is under the "r" of for. The extra leaf at end [217]-219 has heading "Inscription on a picture of the late pope", i.e. Benedict XIV.
Signatures: A-Z⁴, Aa-Dd⁴, Ee⁶; A4, a ... blank wanting; F2, Gz, Qz unsigned.
Entered in the Journal of the printing office at Strawberry Hill under date 1758, July 13. Printed by William Robinson, Walpole's first printer (1757-59).
Description
vi, 219 p. ; 20 cm
Provenance
With the armorial exlibris of Henry Fiennes-Clinton, 2nd duke of Newcastle and 9th earl of Lincoln, Knight of the Garter. (1720-1794).
Binding
Mottled calf, gilt.
Classification
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Department