The castle of Otranto : a Gothic story

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Title
The castle of Otranto : a Gothic story
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, author
Contributor
Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813, printer.
Greatheed, Bertie, 1781-1804, artist.
Edwards, James, 1756-1816.
Published / Created
MDCCXCI [1791]
Publication Place
Parma and Italy Parma
Publisher
Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, bookseller of London
Description
Onuphrio Muralto = Horace Walpole.
The first state of the title-page, 1790, is found in thin paper copies, with uncorrected text, possibly for local sale.
At least 2 copies on vellum have title-page in state 2, and text of the cancels.
Half-title: Edwards's edition of the Castle of Otranto.
BEIN: Vellum binding by Edwards of Halifax.
25.5 cm. Frontispiece A and B. First leaf wanting. Extra-illustrated, including: folding map, drawings by F. Miller and G.P. Harding; 6 plates published by Harding in 1793; frontispiece of Sivrac's translation, 1795; Miel's plates from Berlin edition, 1794; Kirgate's notes; 2 trade cards.
Provenance
Bernard Quaritch; July 1948. Armorial bookplates: Edward Astle [Astley?]; F.T. [Turner?]; W. Henry Hyett, esq., Painswick House, Co. Gloucester. Binding stamped: C. Lewis.
Extent
[6], xxxii, 245, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : 26 cm
Edition
The sixth edition.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
24 17 791P Copy 9

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Binders' stamps (Binding) C. Lewis
Fore-edge paintings (Binding)
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Original art
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Armorial bindings (Provenance)
Armorial bindings (Binding)
Wash drawings British 18th century
Binders' stamps (Binding) Staggemeier & Welcher
Material
front. ;
Resource Type
text
Subjects
C. Lewis
18th century
British > 18th century
Staggemeier & Welcher
Wright, John Massey, 1777-1866 > Original art
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853 > Original art
Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806 > Original art
Miller, F., active 1802 > Original art
Thellusson, Anne Woodford > Autograph
Dull, Helen Boyd > Bookplate
Utterson, Edward Vernon, 1776?-1856 > Bookplate
Gibbs, Henry Hucks, 1819-1907 > Bookplate
Addington, Samuel > Ownership
Scudamore-Stanhope, Edwyn Francis, Sir, bart., 1793-1874 > Bookplate
Murdock, Harold, 1862-1934 > Bookplate
Holford, Robert Stayner, 1808-1892 > Ownership
Binnie, J. O. Jardine > Ownership
Holford, George Lindsay, Sir, 1860-1926 > Ownership
Birch, G. > Gift of Horace Walpole
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Gift to G. Birch
Codrington, Gerald, Sir, bart., 1850-1929 > Bookplate
Astle, Edward > Bookplate
Hyett, William Henry 1795-1877 > Bookplate
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes
Miller, F. > Drawings
Doheny, Estelle, 1875-1958 > Bookplate
Gosford, Archibald Acheson, Earl of, 1806-1864 > Binding
Cholmondeley, Reginald, 1826-1896 > Ownership
Ford, John Walker, 1838-1921 > Ownership
Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909 > Bookplate
Cromer, Rowland Thomas Baring, earl of, 1877-1953 > Bookplate
Hazen, Allen T. (Allen Tracy), 1904- > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Bookplate
Edwards, of Halifax > Binding

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Orbis Record
1774443
Object ID (OID)
16225872

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