[Gutenberg 53649] • Horace Walpole: A memoir / With an appendix of books printed at the Strawberry Hill Press
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- Authors
- Dobson, Austin
- Publisher
- Theclassics.Us
- Tags
- england) -- imprints , great britain -- history -- george iii , 1760-1820 -- biography , great britain -- social life and customs -- 18th century , walpole , london , legislators -- great britain -- biography , 1717-1797 , strawberry hill press (twickenham , horace , great britain -- history -- george ii , 1727-1760 -- biography , nobility -- great britain -- biography , english -- 18th century -- biography , england) , authors , art -- collectors and collecting -- great britain -- biography , twickenham (london
- ISBN
- 9781230203751
- Date
- 1971-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.46 MB
- Lang
- en
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... The Magpie and her Brood, a Fable, from the Tales of Bonaventure des Periers, Valet de Chambre to the Queen of Navarre; addressed to Miss Hotham. 4 pp., containing 72 lines, -- initialed " H. W." 4to. "Oct . 15th. [I764] wrote the fable of'The Magpie and her Brood' for Miss Hotham, then near eleven years old, great niece of Henrietta Hobart, Countess Dowager of Suffolk. It was taken from Les Nouvelles Rfcrcations de Bonaventure des Periers, Valet-de-Chambre to the Queen of Navarre" (Short Notes). The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, written by Himself. [Plate of Strawberry Hill.] Strawberry-Hill: Printed by Prat in the Year MDCCLXIV. Title, Dedication, and Advertisement, 5 leaves; pp. 172 (last blank). Folding plate portrait. 4to. 200 copies printed. "1763. Beginning of September wrote the Dedication and Preface to Lord Herbert's Life" (Short Notes). "It will not be long before I have the pleasure of sending you by far the most curious and entertaining book that my press has produced. ... It is the life of the famous Lord Herbert of Cherbury, and written by himself--of the contents I will not anticipate one word" (Letter to Mason, 29 Dec., 1763). "The thing most in fashion is my edition of Lord Herbert's Life; people are mad after it, I believe because only two hundred were printed" (Letter to Montagu, 16 Dec., 1764). "This singular work was printed from the original MS. in 1764, at Strawberry-hill, and is perhaps the most extraordinary account that ever was given seriously by a wise man of himself" (Walpole, Works, 1798, i- 363) 1768 Corndlie, Vestale. Tragedie. [By the President Hnault.] Imprimie a Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXVIII. Pp. vi--92 (last blank). 8vo. 200 copies printed; 150 went to Paris. Kirgate printed it. "My...