Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story
Bodoni
1791
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Sixth edition of The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story.
- Horace Walpole (English).
- London: Printed By Bodoni, for J. Edwards, 1791.
- 245 pages.
- Octavo.
- Engraved ex-libris on a full-sheet bound in.
- Frontispiece in two states, both present.
- Illustrated with four engraved plates by Birril.
- Bound in a later half red morocco binding with pink marbled boards and matching endpapers by the Harcourt Bindery, with their stamp, top and spine edges gilt.
Some issues have two states of a view of the castle of Otranto, a portrait of Lady Mary Coke and six plates representing different scenes from the story. These plates were not printed by Bodoni, but added in 1793 in England. This copy has the frontispieces and four of the six plates.
The Castle of Otranto is generally considered to be the first gothic novel. It melds medievalism and terror in a haunted castle into a thrilling tale.
Condition Report
Very GoodVery light shelfwear, primarily to hinges.
Square offsetting to verso of front free endpaper and recto of following page, verso also with small signs of a slip of paper being removed.
Very light water-staining to the middle of the fore edge of just the two frontispieces.
Light scattered foxing.
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