Horace Walpole's Library

This informative volume provides a historical study of the library belonging to eighteenth-century man of letters Horace Walpole (1717–1797).

Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis (Author)

9780521152198, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 8 April 2010

100 pages
24.4 x 17 x 0.5 cm, 0.17 kg

Originally published in 1958, and based on The Sandars Lectures for 1957, this volume provides a historical study of the library belonging to eighteenth-century man of letters Horace Walpole (1717–1797). The book is divided into three chapters: the first focuses on the library itself; the second on Walpole's reading; the third on the dispersal of the library following Walpole's death. This is a highly informative text, containing numerous illustrative examples, that will be of value to anyone with an interest in bibliography and eighteenth-century British history.

List of illustrations
The Sandars Readership
1. The books
2. Walpole's reading
3. The dispersal of the library
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]