A Catalogue of Horace Walpole's Library By Allen T. Hazen With Horace Walpole's Library By Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis.

Hazen, Allen T.

Verlag: New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1969. Set in Baskerville type, and printed [-] by Connecticut Printers, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut.

Beschreibung

Three Volumes: I: Numbers: 1-1608; II: 1609-3177; III: 3178-4019 and Indexes; 7 3/4 in. x 10 1/4 in. x 2 1/2 in. (thick), xci, 479 (illustrated with 12 plates, including various Walpole bookplates; Essay: "Horace Walpole's Library" by Wilmarth S. Lewis, pp. xlvii-xc), (II) 565 pp., (III) 542 pp., including indexes. Sturdy, dark blue library cloth, with titling gilt on spines; gray paper, title-printed (price-clipped) dustjackets. Each volume has a former owner's bookplate on the front paste-downs; dustjacket spines show fading, chipping to dustjacket spine ends, some scratches, edge tanning. Near fine/good. Weight: 9 lbs. Postage is extra on this item. Contents: (Vol. 1) [List of] Illustrations; Introduction; "Horace Walpole's Library," by W. S. Lewis; Abbreviations; The Main Library. (Vol. 2): The Main Library (continued); The Glass Closet: Strawberry Hill Collection, Manuscripts in the Glass Closet; The Main Library in the Offices. (Vol. 3): The Library in the Offices (continued); The Round Tower; Appendix 1: False Attributions; Appendix 2: Books given away by Walpole; Appendix 3: Books owned by Walpole when at Eton and Cambridge; Index of Binders; Index of Owners; General Index. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-457536102

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Titel: A Catalogue of Horace Walpole's Library By ...

Verlag: New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1969. Set in Baskerville type, and printed [-] by Connecticut Printers, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut.

Einband: Hardcover

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