Letters from the Hon. Horace Walpole, to George Montagu, Esq. from the year 1736, to the year 1770. Now first published from the originals, in the possession of the editor.
London: Rodwell and Martin É and Henry Colburn, 1818. First edition, royal 4to, pp. [12], 446, [2] ads; errata slip tipped in following the title-p.; in this copy signature 3M (containing the "Names of Persons Mentioned in the Foregoing Letters") is bound in as frontal matter; contemporary quarter black calf, gilt-paneled spine; a bit of rubbing, but generally good and sound; with the bookplate of the Earl of Chichester and his crest stamped in the central panel on the spine. Edited by the bookseller, John Martin. "The editor deleted many of the personal names in the text of the Letters. Some time after the publication of the volume, an 8-page supplement, 'Names of Persons Mentioned in the Foregoing Letters,' was circulated privately, according to the reviewer in the Quarterly Review. Perhaps the circulation was not sharply restricted, because bound copies of the Letters are likely to have the supplement É This collection of letters É was also issued with an added title-page as Volume VI of the Works, 1818" (Hazen). Hazen, 29. Item #23459
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