Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 13

Horace Walpole, Anecdotes Of Painting In England, 5 Vols., London, 1826-28

$340per set
£257.98per set
€294.98per set
CA$474.89per set
A$528.01per set
CHF 275.70per set
MX$6,427.18per set
NOK 3,517.79per set
SEK 3,296per set
DKK 2,201.50per set
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

London, The Shakespeare Press for John Major and Robert Jennings, 5 Vol. set, 1828. Dark green leather with gilt. Gilt edges, red end papers, ribbon markers. Each volume published on different date - Feb. 15, 1826, Sept. 15, 1826, Oct. 15, 1827, May 15, 1827 and Feb. 15, 1828. 9 3/4" H x 6 1/4" D x 1 1/4" W Condition: vol I with torn binding at the bottom of the frontispiece, stains on frontispieces, spines worn and faded, foxing and stains especially to pages facing the engravings. One red fly page loose. See photos for details of condition.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)Width: 6.25 in (15.88 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 5
  • Style:
    Georgian (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1826
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses.
  • Seller Location:
    Bridgeport, CT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 3155841stDibs: LU1755240156822

More From This Seller

View All
David Hume & T. Smollett, The History Of England, 16 Vols., London 1824
Located in Bridgeport, CT
London Stereotype Edition. Complete 16 vol. edition 1824. Black and gilt embossed leatherbound with marbled end papers and edges. The set comprised of 10 volumes with Humes on spine...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

20 Vol. Leatherbound Set- Bell's Edition, Dramatik Writings Of Will. Shakespeare
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Published London, 1788, John Bell. Nicely leather bound in brown with fine tan, brown and gilt spines. Watery green inside the boards. 5 3/4" H x 3 7/8" W x 1" D Condition: the spi...
Category

Antique 18th Century English Georgian Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

7 Vol. Set- Charles Merivale, A History Of The Romans Under The Empire, 1858
Located in Bridgeport, CT
London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, various publishing dates. Bound in tan leather with red and brown with gilt spines. Marbelized end papers. All with bookplates ins...
Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Augustus C.L. Arnold And Edward A. Samuels, The Living World..., 2 Vols., 1870
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Boston, Samuel Walker & Co. 1870, with color plates with vellum. Brown leather with gilt spines and gilt title globe with a lion and birds on the covers. Yellow end papers, gilt edge...
Category

Antique 19th Century American Victorian Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History Of England, 5 Vols., 1849
Located in Bridgeport, CT
London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Vols 1-V, Third Ed. Brown leather with gilt spines, leather and marbled boards. Marbled end papers, yellow edges. Includes: Vol. 1, Third...
Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Books

Materials

Paper

26 Vol. Leatherbound Complete Set-The Novels And Tales Of Robert Louis Stevenson
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Charles Scribner's, New York, from late 1800's to early 1900's. Bound in blue leather and cloth boards with blue and red spines. 8 3/8" H x 5 3/4" W...
Category

Early 20th Century American Victorian Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

You May Also Like

5 Vols, Antique Books, Lives of the British Admirals, English, Georgian, 1817
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 5 antique volumes, Lives of the British Admirals by Dr John Campbell et al. An English language, hard bound naval interest book, published in London, 1817. Includes...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Georgian Books

Materials

Paper

9 Volumes. Horace Walpole, The Letters.
Located in New York, NY
9 Volumes. Horace Walpole, The Letters. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. Raised band spines with gilt-tooled det...
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Books

Materials

Leather

Set Of Antique Fiction Books, Popular Tales, Maria Edgeworth, English, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 3 antique fiction books, Popular Tales by Maria Edgeworth. An English language, hard bound 3 volume set of novels, dating to the Georgian period, published 1814. A prolific novelist of adult and children's literature, Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849) was born in Oxfordshire before moving to Ireland. Her best-known work Castle Rackrent was an Irish Catholic...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Georgian Books

Materials

Paper

10 Volumes, Samuel R. Gardiner, History of England
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. Samuel R. Gardiner, History of England. Bound in full brown calf with the covers displaying borders, floral corner flourishes, and a central crest, all gilt-tooled. The s...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Books

Materials

Leather

1891 The Letters of Horace Walpole Fourth Earl of Orford
By Horace Walpole
Located in Bath, GB
An illustrated limited edition collection of the letters of Horace Walpole, totalling over two thousands letters written during his lifetime. A limited edition, limited to one hundr...
Category

Antique 1890s European Books

Materials

Paper

The Works of Samuel Johnson. 12 vols. NEW EDITION - 1810 - IN A FINE BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: JOHNSON, Samuel. TITLE: The Works of Samuel Johnson. With An Essay On His Life And Genius, by Arthur Murphy. PUBLISHER: London: for many, 1810. DESCRIPTION: NEW EDITION. ...
Category

Antique 1810s American Books

Materials

Leather