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WALPOLE, Horace (1717-1797, 4th Earl of Orford). The Mysterious Mother. A Tragedy. [Twickenham]: printed at Strawberry Hill, 1768.
8° (188 x 119mm). Title ruled in red, errata. (Lacking final blank.) Late-18th-century red straight-grained morocco, finely tooled in gilt, g.e., by Christian Kalthoeber. Provenance: Robert Stearne Tighe (armorial bookplate); Bent Juel-Jensen (book-label).
RARE. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 50 COPIES. Walpole was particularly careful about who received copies of this work. The shortage of the printed work meant that a number of manuscript copies were made, the majority of the presentation copies are dated after 1778. For an identical cover design, with the binding signed by Kalthoeber, see Maggs Cat.1075 item 218. Hazen 14.
8° (188 x 119mm). Title ruled in red, errata. (Lacking final blank.) Late-18th-century red straight-grained morocco, finely tooled in gilt, g.e., by Christian Kalthoeber. Provenance: Robert Stearne Tighe (armorial bookplate); Bent Juel-Jensen (book-label).
RARE. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 50 COPIES. Walpole was particularly careful about who received copies of this work. The shortage of the printed work meant that a number of manuscript copies were made, the majority of the presentation copies are dated after 1778. For an identical cover design, with the binding signed by Kalthoeber, see Maggs Cat.1075 item 218. Hazen 14.