14 Vol Library Set HORACE WALPOLE Leather Gilt 1843-51

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14 Vol Library Set HORACE WALPOLE Leather Gilt 1843-51 LETTERS Horace Mann Countess Of Ossory William Mason 1s "incomparable" –Byron on Walpole's lettersWALPOLE, HORACE. Contemporary polished calf, black morocco labels with gilt titles, gilt spines decoratively tooled in compartments, gilt ruling to boards, all edges marble, marble end papers, A fine, handsome set. A total of 14 volumes; THE LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD TO SIR HORACE MANN. London: Bentley, 1843-44. 4 vols. and THE LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD. London: Bentley, 1840. 6 volumes. and LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE COUNTESS OF OSSORY BY HORACE WALPOLE. second edition. London: Bentley, 1848. 2 vols. and THE CORRESPONDENCE OF HORACE WALPOLE EARL OF ORFORD AND THE REV. WILLIAM MASON. London: Bentley, 1851. 2 vols. Condition: Fine, top edges a bit dusty, paste downs have a little loss from what appears to be removal of bookplates.FIRST EDITIONS, excepting the second edition of the Ossory volumes. An excellent set of the various Bentley editions of Walpole's correspondence. "Walpole was, above all, a wit, a virtuoso, and a man of quality. . . . [H]is personal qualities secured him exceptional excellence as a chroniqueur and letter-writer. . . . [in his letters] there is scarcely a dull page. . . . For gossip, anecdote, epigram, description, illustration, read more

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