[Rarebooks] FS: "The Works of Horatio Walpole" five Lg.4to. vols. w/166 copper plates. London: 1798
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(SETS) Walpole, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford. THE WORKS OF HORATIO WALPOLE,
EARL OF ORFORD. In Five Volumes. London: G. G. and J. Robinson, and J.
Edwards. 1798. Lg. 4to. 5 vols. With all the half-titles. Illustrated with a total
of 166 copper engraved portraits, plans and views (many double-page). Each
title page with a copper engraved vignette. Cont. speckled calf, finely
rebacked in matching period style, spines blind & gilt stamped, with black
morocco labels. Frontispiece of Vol. I with an old water stain at lower inner
margin. Vol. V with some old marginal water stains that affect some of the
plates but do not extend into the engraved portions. Still a very attractive
set. Front pastedowns with engraved bookplates featuring a monogram and a
Baron's crown. $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
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