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WALPOLE, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford, (1717-97). Anecdotes of Painting in England. With some Account of the principal Artists, and incidental Notes on other Arts, Collected by the late Mr. George Vertue. Strawberry-Hill: printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762-1771. 4 volumes, 4o (231 x 188 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved title vignettes and 99 engraved plates. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines elaborately gilt each with green and red morocco lettering pieces. Provenance: Lord Walsingham (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. The fourth volume includes Walpole's Essay on Modern Gardening. Hazen 14.
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A Catalogue of Engravers, Who have been born, or resided in England... From the Mss. of Mr. George Vertue. Strawberry-Hill: 1763. 4o (229 x 185 mm). 9 engraved plates. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine elaborately gilt with red morocco spine label. Provenance: Lord Walsingham (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. See Hazen 14; Rothschild 2487.
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Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third. London: J. Dodsley, 1768. 4o (235 x 180 mm). 2 engraved plates. (Small burn hole to blank margin of H1.) Contemporary calf, spine in six compartments, red morocco spine label (upper joint starting, minor wear to corners). Provenance: John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Hazen 19. (6)
[With:]
A Catalogue of Engravers, Who have been born, or resided in England... From the Mss. of Mr. George Vertue. Strawberry-Hill: 1763. 4o (229 x 185 mm). 9 engraved plates. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine elaborately gilt with red morocco spine label. Provenance: Lord Walsingham (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. See Hazen 14; Rothschild 2487.
[With:]
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third. London: J. Dodsley, 1768. 4o (235 x 180 mm). 2 engraved plates. (Small burn hole to blank margin of H1.) Contemporary calf, spine in six compartments, red morocco spine label (upper joint starting, minor wear to corners). Provenance: John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Hazen 19. (6)