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The castle of Otranto : a Gothic story
Title
The castle of Otranto : a Gothic story / translated by William Marshal, gent. from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, Canon of the Church of St. Nicholas at Otranto.
Edition
The sixth edition.
Publication
Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, bookseller of London, MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description
[6], xxxii, 245, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : front. ; 26 cm
Local Notes
BEIN: Vellum binding by Edwards of Halifax.
Notes
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.
Provenance
Captain Sir Edwyn Francis Stanhope, bart.; Harold Murdock.
Owners include: R.S. Holford; J.O. Jardine Binnie.
Armorial bookplate of [Sir Gerald Codrington, bart.].
Strawberry Hill Sale (1842) lot 7, 76 to Payne & Foss (London, 1030]; Puttick, 1 May 1884 (Gosford Sale), lot 3071 to Harvey; Christie's, 1 April 1897 (Reginald Cholmondele Sale), lot 114, to Quaritch; John W. Ford circa 1905; Sotheby's, 21 May 1909 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 362, to B.F. Stevens; Anderson, 19 January 1912 (Hoe Sale, part 2), lot 3420; Sotheby's, 10 December 1913 (Hoe Books), lot 173, to Edwards; to Earl of Cromer.
Armorial bookplates: Edward Astle [Astley?]; F.T. [Turner?]; W. Henry Hyett, esq., Painswick House, Co. Gloucester. Binding stamped: C. Lewis.
Bookplate: Ex libris Estelle Doheny.
Former owners include: E.V. Utterson; Samuel Addington; Lord Aldenham.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 27, 2020
References
Lewis Walpole copy: 49 3729: Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 3729
Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of Horace Walpole, p. 56-63
English short title catalogue, T131070
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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)
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Wash drawings - British - 18th century.
Binders' stamps (Binding) - C. Lewis.
Binders' stamps (Binding) - Staggemeier & Welcher.
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