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Oxford University Press, London, first edition, 1969. 3 vols, cloth, 4to, 26 cm,. xci, 479 + v, 565 + v, 542 pp. 4,019 entries. From a contemporary review: "These volumes set a high mark in the study of provenance. The particular achievement is to put into print an admirably informative reconstruction of Horace Walpole's Library. Walpole gathered some 7300 volumes (7000 titles) at Strawberry Hill.. In just over 4000 catalogue-entries (i.e., short titles of works and working titles of collections), Professor Hazen identifies almost all the original contents of the library by title, and determines the physical arrangement of the volumes on Walpole's shelves.. He traces some 1400 volumes (3000 titles) to their present locations. ..As part of the introductory material, the Catalogue prints a revision of Mr Lewis's out-of-print Sandars Lectures of 1957. In these lectures Lewis described Walpole's literary interests, and sketched Walpole's activities with respect to his…
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A Catalogue of Horace Walpole's Library, with Horace Walpole's Library by W.S. Lewis. [ 3 volumes, complete set ] Hardcover - 1969
by Hazen, Allen Tracy; Walpole, Horace; Lewis, W. S.
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- Title A Catalogue of Horace Walpole's Library, with Horace Walpole's Library by W.S. Lewis. [ 3 volumes, complete set ]
- Author Hazen, Allen Tracy; Walpole, Horace; Lewis, W. S.
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages xci, 479 + v, 565 + v, 542 pp
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven and London
- Date 1969
- ISBN 9780196257211
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A Catalogue of Horace Walpole's Library, with Horace Walpole's Library by W.S. Lewis. [ 3 volumes, complete set ]
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