Shelfmark
Cl.3.07 - Cl.3.11 [Copy 1]
Additional shelfmark
Go.1.04 - Go.1.08 [Copy 2]
Author
Collective uniform title
Works
Title
The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. In five volumes..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, ... and J. Edwards, ...., MDCCXCVIII. [1798]
Physical description
5v., plates (some folded) ; 30 cm. (4to)
Note
Edited nominally by Robert Berry, but mostly by Mary Berry.
Note
Four further volumes were published in 1818 (Vol. VI), 1822 (Vols. VII-VIII), and 1825 (Vol. IX).
Citation/references note
Hazen, Walpole, n. 27
Citation/references note
ESTC, T149673
Provenance
[Copy 1] Given to Eton College Library by Robert Lloyd George.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Armorial bookplate H. Holland Edwards, of Pennant Ereithlyn, North Wales.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Bookplate of Eton College, undated, with college crest on front pastedown.
Binding
[Copy 1] 18th/19th century red, blind- and gold-tooled morocco. Elaborate gold-tooled border, with blind-stamped centre.
Binding
[Copy 2] 18/19th-century polished calfskin over millboards bound by L. Staggemeier & Welcher in London. Covers decorated with gilt tools to form a border and with a gilt armorial centrepiece with four pelicans encircled by foliage; gilt fillets on board-edges and turn-ins. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets, rolls, and titling over red and green morocco labels ("Lord Orford's Works"; "Vol. [number]"; "Fugitive pieces catalogue of royal & noble authors"). Textblock trimmed and dyed yellow. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; binder's ticket on front flyleaf verso; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Extra-illustrated with engravings, some coloured.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Former ECL shelfmarks: Cl.3.07-Cl.3.11, Ao.6.01-Ao.6.05.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Edwards, James, 1756 - 1816 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Lloyd George, Robert, b. 1951 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
Staggemeier & Welcher printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B14405