Horace Walpole's Library [Paperback]

This informative volume provides a historical study of the library belonging to eighteenth-century man of letters Horace Walpole (17171797).Based on The Sandars Lectures for 1957, this highly informative 1958 volume provides a historical study of the library belonging to eighteenth-century man of letters Horace Walpole (17171797), and will be of value to anyone with an interest in bibliography and eighteenth-century British history.Based on The Sandars Lectures for 1957, this highly informative 1958 volume provides a historical study of the library belonging to eighteenth-century man of letters Horace Walpole (17171797), and will be of value to anyone with an interest in bibliography and eighteenth-century British history.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 (17171797). 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.