Horace Walpole's library
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Horace Walpole's library
Cambridge University Press, 2010, c1958
- : pbk
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"First published 1958. This digitally printed version 2010"--T.p. verso. "Paperback reissue"--p. 4 of cover
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Originally published in 1958, and based on The Sandars Lectures for 1957, this volume provides a historical study of the library belonging to eighteenth-century man of letters Horace Walpole (1717-1797). The book is divided into three chapters: the first focuses on the library itself; the second on Walpole's reading; the third on the dispersal of the library following Walpole's death. This is a highly informative text, containing numerous illustrative examples, that will be of value to anyone with an interest in bibliography and eighteenth-century British history.
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- The Sandars Readership
- 1. The books
- 2. Walpole's reading
- 3. The dispersal of the library
- Index.
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