The bookplates of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries : with selected passages from the Letters of Horace Walpole and illustrated by over 100 book plates of the friends to whom the letters referred, Chicago, 1923
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Description
- Title
- The bookplates of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries : with selected passages from the Letters of Horace Walpole and illustrated by over 100 book plates of the friends to whom the letters referred, Chicago, 1923
- Creator
- Townley, W. R. (Wellington Reid), 1861-
- Contributor
- Arthur Hertzberg & Craftsmen, binder.
- Abstract
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Manuscript in a single hand, with examples of bookplates of Horace Walpole's friends and correspondents, arranged alphabetically and mounted on leaves interspersed with brief biographies of the bookplate owners and excerpts from Walpole's letters about the subjects. Written as a wedding present for Townley's wife, Bella Madden Townley
Two letters tipped in; one a fragment from 'Orford' and dated from London January the nineteenth 1795 to Richard French, Esq.; the second from Lady Pomfret, to Lady Sundon, dated 1737 Nov. 22 in which she expresses her sorrow at the sudden death of Queen Caroline and concern over Lady Sundon's own recent illness
- Description
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W.R. Townley, bookplate collector and contributor to The miscellany.
Horace Walpole (1717-1797), fourth earl of Orford, author, politician, historian and patron of the arts; owner of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, England.
In English.
Mounted frontispiece: Lithograph portrait of Horace Walpole from the Catalogue of Sale of the Strawberry Hill Collection by Mr. Geo. Robinson in 1842. Lithograph by G. Madeley, 3 Wellington St., Strand, from a painting at Strawberry Hill by Eckhardt in 1754.
Stamped on the edge of the inside back cover: Arthur Hertzberg & Craftsmen. Bound in full burgundy morocco, boards with gilt borders; spine lettered and panelled; silk linings. Spine title: The book plates of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries / Wellington R. Townley. With slip case.
Bookplate of Wellington Reid Townley, numbered '246' and inscribed "This book belongs to Bella."
Ex libris bookplate of Mazinaw Lake Library: Barbara de Remo Lester [and] John Albert Lester.
Pagination as follows: a-h, [1], i-x, [2], 201 [i.e., 298] leaves.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Purchased from Henry Sotheran, Ltd, June 2008. Previously owned by Bella Townley and the Mazinaw Lake Library.
- Extent
- 1 26 cm. v. (298 leaves) :
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL MSS Vol. 127
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Bookplates
Binders' stamps (Binding) Arthur Hertzberg & Craftsmen - Material
- ill. ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Name)
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737.
Sundon, Charlotte Clayton, Baroness, d. 1742.
Pomfret, Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys Fermor, Countess of, 1700?-1761.
Townley, W. R. b. 1861. (Wellington Reid),
Walpole, Horace, 1727-1797 - Subject (Topic)
- Friends and associates
- Subjects
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737
Sundon, Charlotte Clayton, Baroness, d. 1742
Pomfret, Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys Fermor, Countess of, 1700?-1761
Townley, W. R. (Wellington Reid), b. 1861
Walpole, Horace, 1727-1797 > Friends and associates
Arthur Hertzberg & Craftsmen
Townley, Bella Madden > Ownership
Mazinaw Lake Library > Bookplate
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- W.R. Townley, The Bookplates of Horace Walpole and his Contemporaries. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8254307
- Object ID (OID)
- 16720468
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