[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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