Shelfmark
Cc.1.1.04
Author
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner
Title
[Aedes Walpoliana].
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London], [1797?-1799?].
Physical description
1v., plates ; Fo.
Note
Title from spine.
Note
Collection of diverse items relating to Horace Walpole and his family, Strawberry Hill, and its press, compiled by Anthony Morris Storer, probably from the time of Horace Walpole's death in 1797 to his own in 1799, and mounted in a folio vol.
Note
Mostly illustrated: contains engravings of Horace Walpole and his family, the family crest, portraits and antiquities, and views of Strawberry Hill.
Note
Includes the following printed items: 1. Title-page reading "A collection of the separate poems, and other detached pieces ...", with imprint "Newport, Isle of Wight, printed for J. Albin. MDCCXCI" (?mentioned in Hazen BSHP p. 264).
Note
2. "The press at Strawberry-Hill to ... the Duke of Clarence." (Hazen, BSHP p. 234).
Note
3. P. A. de la Place "Air" (Hazen, BSHP p. 189).
Note
4. "The Master of Otranto being in durance ...", 1st state (Hazen, BSHP p. 204).
Note
5. "To Madame du Chatelet ... Madame de Damas ... Madame de Villegagnon ... Madame de la Vaupaliere ..." (Hazen, BSHP p. 199).
Note
6. "Epitaph in the church-yard of St. Anne, Soho ... Theodore King of Corsica ..." (Hazen, BSHP p. 164).
Note
7. "Prologue and epilogue to the play of The way to keep him, performed ... in a private society ...", first edition (Hazen, BSHP p. 274).
Note
8. "Notes to the portraits at Woburn Abbey." (Hazen, BHW p. 85).
Note
Ms. items include: a watercolour of Little Strawberry Hill by Agnes Berry (1764-1852), with accompanying letter to Storer, dated Feb. 11, 1799. Note ?by Storer on engraving of Thomas Gray. Ms. notes by various plates.
Note
Negative/transparency: Colour transparency. B & W negative. Set of 17 slides.
Note
Prints: B & W.
Citation/references note
See individual items listed above
Provenance
Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Binding
18th century red morocco. Gold-tooled floral border, with arms of Anthony Morris Storer (1746-1799) stamped in gold. Probably by Staggemeier and Welcher.
Copy-specific note
Previously housed a copy of 'A description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill, near Twickenham. With an inventory of the furniture, pictures, curiosities, &c.'. -- Strawberry Hill : printed by Thomas Kirgate, [c.1774], in a slip case attached to the rear board. Now housed at Cc.2.3.20.
Subject
Subject
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) Early works to 1800.
Subject
Woburn Abbey Early works to 1800.
Subject
Walpole family.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B13598