Horace Walpole

A Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole, Youngest Son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-hill, Near Twickenham. with an Inventory

Publisher Marketing: The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT014983Compiled by Horace Walpole. With a half-title. Sig. Z1 is a cancel. Most copies contain additional material printed between 1781 and 1786. The appendix and 'List of the books printed at Strawberry-Hill', pp. 121-148, were printed in 1781; 'Additions s[Twickenham]: Strawberry-Hill: printed by Thomas Kirkgate, 1774 [1786]. [4],158p., plates; 4 Contributor Bio:  Walpole, Horace Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 - 2 March 1797) was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. Curator: Morley, Henry, 1822-1894