Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as in a pdf., Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., Copiously extra-illustrated by Richard Bull with prints, drawings by John Carter, and Strawberry Hill Press detached pieces. Inlaid to folio probably before 1790, with letterpress pages and illustrations decorated with ruled edges, on fronts and backs of pages. Autograph memoranda by Walpole inserted. Coat of arms of Richard Bull painted inside cover. Formerly bound in russia, now in green morocco., and For further information, consult library staff.
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as in a pdf., Bound in are 2 copies of: Harding, S. Epitaph on a canary bird., Russia by C. Lewis, rebacked; on spine: Walpole's Villa. Extra-illustrated with numerous plates and Strawberry Hill Press Detached pieces and original drawings by G.P. Harding and John Carter; ms. notes by Horace Walpole and Thomas Kirgate; name, perhaps S. Boyce, partially erased on the t.p. Probably from Kirgate's library. For further information, consult library staff., and Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 10.
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as in a pdf., Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 9., Inscribed copy: "Bequeathed to Mary Dickenson by her valued friend the Earl of Orford." Numerous notes by Miss Anne Clark. Half calf, with worn marble boards., and For further information, consult library staff.
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as in a pdf., Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., Extra-illustrated with 100 original drawings, chiefly by G.P. Harding, and numerous engravings. Copy of "The disaster" inserted; also inserted is a ms. account of the occasion for the poem, written in 1871 by Bawtree's grandson. Inlaid to folio, russia, rebacked., and Title page printed in red, black and blue, with Gothic style architectural border in watercolor and watercolor vignette resembling Mary Berry's bookplate with strawberries. Attributed to G.P. Harding. Printed 1797? Trimmed to: 29 x 22.5 cm.
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as in a pdf., Horace Walpole's copiously extra-illustrated copy, folio (65 x 48 cm), with Walpole's arms stamped on covers and with notes by Walpole and Thomas Kirgate. Drawings or proofs before letter are substituted for many of the original plates. Plates wanting - entrance of Strawberry Hill (Drawings removed from framing?). See W.S. Lewis's notes., Items removed from volume are shelved in two solander boxes., Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and For further information, consult library staff.
Album containing 73 pressed botanical specimens compiled by an unidentified collector in Norfolk, England, 1793. Each specimen has notes indicating its Latin name, common name, and Linnaean classification. Some notes also include the date of collection, the location of collection, and medicinal uses of the plant
Description:
In English and Latin., The album was created in a blank accounts book, and the pages have printed red rules., and Binding: contemporary vellum over boards, with blind tooled ruling; the arms of King George III stamped in gilt on the front and back covers.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Norfolk
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Botanical specimens, Collection and preservation, Flowers, Herbs, and Plants
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., and Black morocco, with Horace Walpole's seal as Lord Orford stamped on sides. No bookplate and not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of the Earl of Cromer, 1912.
Publisher:
Printed by T. Bensley for J. Edwards and E. and S. Harding, Pall-Mall
BEIN 1999 +S9: 105-107, 109 in cases with binder's stamp: Bound by James MacDonald Company New York City; 105, 107, 109 have armorial bookplate: James Brodie of Brodie Esq.; 106 has ms. inscription "Liber Academiae Marischallana Aberdonensis", bookplate (with shelfmark): University of Aberdeen, armorial binding: Academia Marischallana Aberdonensis., Yale Med has only general index for Volumes 1-70, by Paul Maty, published in London, 1787 (gift of Dr. John Farquhar Fulton)., BEIN Z17 253: Vol. 40;Autograph of John Winthrop with presentation inscription to Yale Library; special copy bound for C. Mortimer, editor., BEIN 2006 +322 2: 24 cm. Autograph: William Gibson. Binder's stamp: Stikeman & Co. Binder's stamp in case: James Macdonald Co., New York City. In case with: Franklin, Benjamin. Experiments and observations on electricity ... London : E. Cave, 1751 and Franklin, Benjamin. New experiments and observations on electricity ... London : E. Cave, 1751., SML,YA46 40: Vol.1-vol.46 and index: Facsimile., Vols. 1-12, 1665/66-1677, with v. 12; Vols. 12-17, 1678-93, in v. 17; Vols. 1-70, 1665/66-1780. 1 v.; Vols. 71-110, 1780-1820. 1 v.; Vols. 111-120, 1821-1830. 1 v., Also issued online., and Vols. 105(1815)-107(1817), 109(1819) include contributions by Charles Babbage.
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., BEIN: Vellum binding by Edwards of Halifax., and 25.5 cm. Frontispiece A and B. First leaf wanting. Extra-illustrated, including: folding map, drawings by F. Miller and G.P. Harding; 6 plates published by Harding in 1793; frontispiece of Sivrac's translation, 1795; Miel's plates from Berlin edition, 1794; Kirgate's notes; 2 trade cards.
Publisher:
Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, bookseller of London
A sketchbook of drawings of antiquities, with brief notations about the objects depicted, in multiple hands. Horace Walpole describes the volume in his 1774 Description of Strawberry Hill as "a book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiquities." These very fine, detailed drawings in a variety of media -- graphite, pen and ink, wash, and watercolor -- are in some cases mounted onto the leaves, in other cases, drawn directly onto the rectos
Alternative Title:
Drawings from coins, medals, bronzes, etc. from Greek and Roman antiquities and Book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiquities
Description:
Pietro Santi Bartoli, Italian painter, etcher and engraver, active in Rome., Title from Hazen., No text; a few notes in Italian and Latin., Title from f. [1r] of item. "The title, distributed over six lines on the frontispiece ... was riddled with gaps -- "SO...TI [or "SC...TI"]/D... / VAR ... /COSE / ANTI / CHE"--which I suggest should be read as "Scritti di varie cose antiche" (Notes on various ancient objects)". From Irène Aghion's unpublished research. Aghion also identifies the artist as Bartoli., Cited in Allen T. Hazen's Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 2371 (New Haven : Yale University Press, 1969) and titled: Drawings from coins, medals, bronzes, &c., In his Description of Strawberry Hill (1774), Horace Walpole cites the volume as: A book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiquities., Rebound in blue morocco by Hodgson of Liverpool, with gold tooled borders and blind-stamping on boards. 'Antiquities. Original drawings' in gold on spine; gilt edges. Binder's stamp on verso of front flyleaf., With the armorial bookplate of Earl of Derby, 1775-1851 and press mark 26. B ; and with the bookplate of Horace Walpole (BP1)., Numbered pages bound in the following sequence: 1-2, 4-5, 3, 6-7, 9-10, 8, 11-16, 18-20, 17, 22-149., Blank leaves: 2-5, 7-8, 16-17, 65. Page 21 missing., and Rebound in blue morocco by Hodgson of Liverpool. Bookplate 1. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of Lord Derby.
Subject (Topic):
Art, Greek, Art, Roman, Classical antiquities in art, Antiquities, Roman, Greek, Bas-reliefs, Coins, Medals, and Vases
