Letters from the Hon. Horace Walpole to George Montagu, Esq. . from the year 1736, to the year 1770. Now first published from the originals, in the possession of the editor.
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797)
Category
Books
Date
1818
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3024227
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],446,[10]p. . 4to. Imperfect: wanting additional title-page and advertisement leaf. Errata slip tipped-in following p. [6].. Provenance: Bookplate: Yorke of Erthig (armorial) [i.e.: Simon Yorke (1771-1834)].. Binding: Nineteenth-century calf binding; gilt fillet and blind palmette roll border; gilt rolls on board edges and turn-ins; gold-tooled spine. Marbled edges and endpapers.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797) George Montagu (1751-1815)