Walpole, Horace

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Walpole, Horace
Anecdotes of Painting in England; with some account of the principal Artists; and incidental notes on other Arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from the original MSS by Mr. Horace Walpole... [Twickenham], Thomas Farmer [volume IV: Thomas Kirgate] at Strawberry Hill, 1762-1763-1771 [i.e. 1780] — A Catalogue of engravers, who have been born, or resided in England; Digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the MSS. of Mr. George Vertue; to which is added An Account of the Life and Works of the latter... [Twickenham], Thomas Farmer at Strawberry Hill, 1763
Ink, paper and cow

Together two works in five volumes, 4to (8 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.; 225 x 175 mm). 113 engraved plates and an engraved portrait of Walpole by D.P. Pariset (dated 1768) laid to endpaper in volume 1; occasional light offsetting, light spotting and foxing. Late eighteenth-century red straight-grained morocco, gilt frame on panels, flat spines with gilt ornament. Manuscript revisions and notes of the second edition written on slips of paper in contemporary hand and inserted in each volume at the appropriate places.

Provenance

C.F (unidentified inkstamped initials on each volume) — William Ayton (bookplate) — Sir Brian Mackenna (Christie's London, 23 November 1998, lot 352). acquisition: Robin Halwas through Bernard Quaritch, 2005

Literature

Hazen, 10

Catalogue Note

First edition. Walpole's celebrated Anecdotes. A repository of invaluable information about hundreds of English and immigrant artists and the most ambitious production of Walpole's Strawberry Hill private press. A pristine copy.