MARC Record from University of Toronto

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050 1 $aPR3757$b.W2 C3 1791
100 1 $aWalpole, Horace,$d1717-1797.
245 14 $aThe castle of Otranto :$ba gothic story /$ctranslated by William Marshal, gent. from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, canon of the Church of St. Nicholas at Otranto.
246 1 $iHalf-title:$aEdwards's edition of the Castle of Otranto
250 $aThe sixth edition.
260 $aParma :$bPrinted by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, Bookseller of London,$c1791.
300 $a[8], xxxii, 245, [3] p., [8] leaves of plates :$bill., port. ;$c24 cm. (4to)
500 $aFor complete description, see A.T. Hazen. Bibliography of Horace Walpole. 1948. p. 56-63.
500 $aThe frontispiece exists in three states, two or more of which are frequently found together in copies of the book.
500 $aSecond state of title-page with appropriate cancel leaves.
500 $aThe six plates illustrative of the Castle of Otranto and the portrait of Lady Coke opposite the sonnet were published by E. and S. Harding in July 1793 to accompany either the Bodoni or the small octavo edition. The illustrations were drawn by "a lady" (Miss Anne Melicent Clarke) and engraved by Birrell. The portrait was drawn by S. Harding and engraved by E. Harding. The plates were of course not issued with any copies sold before July 1793, but bound in afterwards.
500 $aHazen,$c17
541 $cGift to Victoria University Library.$aBentley, G.E., Jr.$d2005/10/01.
590 $aVictoria University Library copy's frontispiece is state B.
700 1 $aBodoni, Giambattista,$d1740-1813.
700 1 $aEdwards, James,$d1757-1816.
700 1 $aBirrell, A.,$dfl. 1770-1820
700 1 $aHarding, Sylvester,$d1745-1809
700 1 $aHarding, E.$q(Edward),$d1755-1840
700 1 $aClarke, Anne Melicent
830 0 $aBlake ;$vno. 1483
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949 $aBlake no.1483$wLC$c1$i6247122-1001$d20/12/2007$e10/12/2007$lRAREBOOKS$mVIC_PRATT$n1$rN$sY$tBOOK$u10/12/2007