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
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3044178
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v., plates (some folded) . ill..,ports.. . 4to.. Previous shelfmark: L.8.8-10. Imperfect: vols. 1, 2 and 5 only. Christie's, 21 June, 2004, lot 638.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate, with cipher 'FGE'[?] and motto 'Virtute non verbis'.. Binding: Early nineteenth-century smoothed goatskin bindings; gilt fillet and blind foliate roll pattern border on boards; gilt roll on board edges and turn-ins; gold-tooled spines. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797)