Horace Walpole's Library

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-521-15219-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 100 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 189 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, Wilmarth Sheldon

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations; The Sandars Readership; 1. The books; 2. Walpole's reading; 3. The dispersal of the library; Index.