Shelfmark
Ua.1
Title
Strawberry Hill, the renowned seat of Horace Walpole : Mr. George Robins is honoured by having been selected by the Earl of Waldegrave, to sell by public competition, the valuable contents of Strawberry Hill, : and it may fearlessly be proclaimed as the most distinguished gem that has ever adorned the annals of auctions. It is definitely fixed for Monday, the 25th day of April, 1842, and twenty-three following days ...
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Binder's title: Strawberry Hill catalogue
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London : George Robins, 1842]
Physical description
xxiv, 90, 97-250 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Note
Added wood-engraved illustrated t.p. reads: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole Smith and Robins printers ...
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Title on cover: A catalogue of the contents of Strawberry Hill. Signed George Robins.
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"Smith and Robins, printers, King Street, Long Acre"--Colophon.
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"Strawberry Hill" (p. vii-xx) is reprinted, with the illustrations by W. Alfred Delamotte, from an article by Dudley Costello in Ainsworth's magazine (Mar. 1842).
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Hazen's Edition VI; cf. A.T. Hazen, Strawberry Hill sale catalogues, 1842, Notes and queries, 25 Jan. 1947, p. 35.
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Engraved t.p. by Landells after a design by Delamotte.
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Frontispiece lithographed by G.E. Madeley after a portrait by Eckhardt; on China paper mounted on plate stock.
Note
"A few copies are printed upon large paper, at 12s. each".
Provenance
RARE copy has armorial bookplate of Henry Cunliffe.
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Reference collection
Subject
Walpole, Horace, 1717 - 1797 Library Catalogs.
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Walpole, Horace, 1717 - 1797 Art collections Catalogs.
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Private libraries England London Catalogs.
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Art Private collections England London Catalogs.
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Art objects Private collections England London Catalogs.
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Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
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Catalogue of the contents of Strawberry Hill.
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England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B47752