Horace Walpole's Library

By W.S. Lewis

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521152194
• ISBN13: 9780521152198
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"