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
Eliz 21: Bound in contemporary sheepskin, blind tooling on cover. Signature of Mary Beacon, 1693, on the front flyleaf. Bookplates of Henry Huth (lot 1099 in the Huth sale, Sotheby's, 23 November 1911), Harold Murdock, and Chauncey Brewster Tinker. Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker.
Publisher:
printed for Nathaniel Ponder at the Peacock in the Poultrey, near the Church
