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
London
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3044179.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2, plates (some folded) . ill..,ports.. . 4to.. Provenance: manuscript inscription: "Augustus Curzon The gift of his Father 1823- 5 vol:" [i.e. from Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (1751-1837) to Major Augustus Curzon (1787-1829)]. manuscript inscription: "These Books in Eight Volumes were the Gift by Will of Felicite Anne Curzon and are at any decease to go to my successor at Kedleston - July 1844 Scarsdale" [i.e. from Felicite Curzon (1785-1844), possibly to Nathaniel, 3rd Baron Scarsdale (1781-1856)?]. Binding: Nineteenth-century marbled/tree calf binding; recessed cords; spine gilt decorated and gilt lettered: "Lord Orford's Works I [-V]"
Makers and roles
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797)