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Fugitive tracts
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Fugitive tracts, [late 18th century].
Physical Description
1 v. (38 leaves) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Title from spine.
Pasted in: newspaper cuttings related to the controversy between David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1766, which also mentions the role of Horace Walpole.
Written on flyleaf: "In the autograph of Horace Walpole." However, another note on the same page, in Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis's hand, declares, "Not in HW's hand."
Pasted inside front cover: armorial bookplate of Horace Walpole.
Marbled endpapers.
Binding: full calf; gilt decoration; remnants of green silk ties. Pasted on front cover: stamp on which is printed "408." In gilt on spine: Fugitive Tracts by the Hon. Horace Walpole &c. Printed at Strawberry Hill.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Quaritch, 1930.
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This material is available for research.
Summary
Manuscript, in a single hand, of copies of 17 primarily lighthearted and occasional verses by Walpole and others, many annotated as having been printed at Strawberry Hill. Poems by Walpole include The magpie and her brood; To Madame de Damas, learning English; and a verse epilogue, "spoken by Mrs Clive on quitting the stage." The volume also contains the works of other poets, including David Garrick's To Mr. Gray on his odes; Charles Miller's To Lady Horatia Waldegrave on the death of the Duke of Ancaster; Charles Fox's To Mrs Crewe; and Anna Countess Temple's Verses sent to Lady Charles Spencer with a painted taffety. Also pasted in are newspaper clippings which contain 4 poems by Walpole.
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Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 30, 2008
References
Horace Walpole, Fugitive Tracts. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Horace Walpole, Fugitive Tracts. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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