![[WALPOLE, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-97).] The Castle of Otranto ... translated by William Marshall ... from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto. London: Tho. Lownds, 1765 [i.e. 1764]. 8° (181 x 110mm). (Light marginal browning in the first and last few leaves.) Full morocco by Zaehsndorf, flat spine and sides with scrolling foliate border in gilt, red silk doublures, gilt edges. Provenance: William Waldorf, Viscount Astor (1848-1919; Hever Castle bookplate).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09702_0204_000(walpole_horace_4th_earl_of_orford_the_castle_of_otranto_translated_by065757).jpg?w=1)
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[WALPOLE, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-97).] The Castle of Otranto ... translated by William Marshall ... from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto. London: Tho. Lownds, 1765 [i.e. 1764]. 8° (181 x 110mm). (Light marginal browning in the first and last few leaves.) Full morocco by Zaehsndorf, flat spine and sides with scrolling foliate border in gilt, red silk doublures, gilt edges. Provenance: William Waldorf, Viscount Astor (1848-1919; Hever Castle bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. THE HEVER CASTLE COPY. This mock tale of medieval horror initiated the vogue for Gothic romances and furnished the machinery for a genre of fiction later transferred so successfully to cinema. Hazen, Walpole, 17; Lowndes, 2820; Rothschild 2491.
FIRST EDITION. THE HEVER CASTLE COPY. This mock tale of medieval horror initiated the vogue for Gothic romances and furnished the machinery for a genre of fiction later transferred so successfully to cinema. Hazen, Walpole, 17; Lowndes, 2820; Rothschild 2491.