The Castle of Otranto, A Story

Walpole, Horace

Verlag: London Tho. Lownds 1765, 1765

Beschreibung

First edition. 200 pages. Quite recently bound in red half calf, with raised bands and the title in green on a yellow background to the spine, Dutch gilt paper boards and end-papers. The text block is age toned, slightly marked and foxed, the title page has minor repairs and strengthening to the edges and pages O2 & O3 (195-198) have been replaced in manuscript facsimile on old paper, it was trimmed when originally bound, with the edges sprinkled, and has been left as is when re-sewn with the page edges slightly uneven. The first deliberately and outrageously Gothic novel, a densely packed riot of bizarre and supernatural happenings, violence and sexual intrigue. The events occurring at an unspecified date in Medieval Italy, with the added emphasis on verisimilitude in the case of the first edition, with Walpole's identity concealed and the story supposedly having been translated from an authentic period manuscript. An essential highlight of any collection of weird, Gothic and/or supernatural fiction. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6740

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Castle of Otranto, A Story

Verlag: London Tho. Lownds 1765

Erscheinungsdatum: 1765

Auflage: 1. Auflage