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Horace Walpole
Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis
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R782
Discovery Miles 7 820
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An illuminating biographical study of the eighteenth-century
English man of letters and patron of the arts Horace Walpole
(1717–1797) was a collector, printer, novelist, arbiter of taste,
and renowned writer of letters. In this book, eminent scholar
Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis provides an unprecedented look at the life
and work of one of England’s greatest men of letters. Lewis sheds
light on Walpole’s relationships with his family and friends, his
politics, his writings and printmaking activities, and his
correspondence. Featuring portraits of Walpole, his relatives, and
friends; images of Walpole's sketches and manuscripts; pages from
books printed at Walpole’s Strawberry Hill Press; and views and
plans of Strawberry Hill, the house, its rooms and furnishings, and
its grounds, and accompanied by Lewis’s extensive annotations,
this book provides an invaluable history of an extraordinary man.
A collection of correspondence written to Horace Walpole from Sir
Horace Mann and Sir Horace Mann, The Younger in 1780-1789.
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Tutors' Lane (Hardcover)
Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis, Inc Alfred a. Knopf; Created by Vail-Ballou Company
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R884
Discovery Miles 8 840
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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.
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