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Title
The mysterious mother ...
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Published / Created
MDCCLXVIII [1768]
Publication Place
Twickenham and England Twickenham
Publisher
Printed at Strawberry-Hill
Description
The postscript is separately paginated.
Extra-illustrated, interleaved copy, with Horace Walpole's note on title-page: "With MSS alterations by Mr. Mason." Mason sent his proposed alterations to Horace Walpole in a Ietter, 8 May 1769; Horace Walpole thanked him warmly, but wrote on Mason's letter that he did not wish to adopt the alterations. Mason mentioned the book in his letter to Horace Walpole, 15 May 1781; after Mason's death it is first reported in a letter (tipped in the book) from Lord Carlingford to F.W. Cozens, 8 May 1878, assuring him that the notes are by Mason.
Horace Walpole's corrections: p. 8 and 34. Also with unidentified ms. notes.
Lower right corner of leaf C2 torn with some loss of text.
Bound in red morocco ca.1870 by Jenkins &: Cecil.
With the armorial bookplates of C.G. Milnes Gaskell and S.A. Courtauld.
Autograph letter signed Lord Carlingford to F.W. Cosens, 8 May 1878 bound in.
Provenance
Sotheby's, 24 November 1890 (Cozens Sale), lot 4794; Hodgson's, 28 February 1924 (Milnes Gaskell Sale), lot 97, to Maggs, £29.10.0; owned by S.A. Courtauld. Acquired by W.S. Lewis, March 1953, from Mrs. Augustine Courtauld, through the good offices of Mrs. R.A. Butler (Sydney Courtauld)
Extent
[4], 120, 10 p. : 19 cm.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
49 2528A

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Early works to 1800
Plays
Binders' stamps (Binding) Jenkins & Cecil
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Material
1 ill. ;
Subject (Topic)
Verse drama, English
Subjects
Verse drama, English > Early works to 1800
Jenkins & Cecil
Gaskell, Charles George Milnes, 1842-1919 > Bookplate
Courtauld, Augustine Mollie Montgomerie, 1907- > Ownership
Butler, Sydney Courtauld, Mrs. R. A. Butler > Ownership
Courtauld, Samuel Augustine, 1865- > Bookplate
Carlingford, Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, Baron, 1823-1898 > Autographed letter signed
Cosens, Frederick William, 1819-1889 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Mason, William, 1725-1797 > Ms. notes

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Orbis Record
1738911
Object ID (OID)
17479947

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