The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. . In five volumes.
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 3044174
Summary
Bibliographic description
8v., plates; 4to. Note: Four vols. added in nineteenth century as described by ESTC, of which Polesden Lacey has vols. 6-8 only. Note: Ink book seller’s note in top left corner of the back of front endpaper of vol. 1; pencil book sellers note in top right corner of back of front endpaper of vol. 1; pencil writing on back of front endpaper of vol. 1 notes “Beautiful copy 2/2/ early impressions to be bound in Russia extra gilt edges” Note: Previous shelfmark D.1. Binding: Early nineteenth-century binding; marbled endpapers; marbled Russia calf, gold-tooled border and diamond, with gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797)