Leonora

Description

Title: Leonora
Alternative Title: Lenore. English
Creator: Bürger, Gottfried August, 1747-1794
Contributor: Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808, artist.
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker.
Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, printmaker.
Harding, E. 1755-1840, , printmaker.
Published / Created: 1796.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed by T. Bensley for J. Edwards and E. and S. Harding, Pall-Mall
Description: Parallel German and English texts on opposite pages.
Engravings by Bartolozzi, Harding and Birrell.
LWL 49 2349: Engraved view of Castle of Otranto by Barlow pasted down on p. [7].
LWL 49 2349: Proof copies of plates with only nos. 1 and 4 numbered.
LWL 49 2349: Walpole's press mark: C 19. Moved from Round Tower to Glass Closet at Strawberry Hill.
Engravings by Bartolozzi, Harding, and Birrell.
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day vi, lot 77, to H.G. Bohn for William Beckford, £2.2.0; Sotheby's 5 July 1882 (Beckford Sale, Part 1), lot 1387, to Sotheran, £3.3.0; Christie's, 21 July 1884, lot 154; label of the George T. Juckes Co., Book Merchants.
Extent: [8], 35, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates : 43 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English