Printed by Thomas Kirgate at the Strawberry-Hill Press, 1784. Hardcover. Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797) was the 4th Earl of Orford, author, politician, and art historian. He was the youngest son of the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. His home Strawberry Hill House was built in a neo-Gothic style from 1749 onward in Twickenham, which is in the South-Western part of London. Established in 1757, the Strawberry Hill Press was run from his home and was used to print many of his works. Bound in three quarter tan leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt title and raised bands to spine. Minor fading to spine and wear to edges of boards. Browning and a few spots of foxing to covers. Soiling / dark spot to top edge of front cover. Scuffing to rear hinge. Marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Dampstain to bottom corners and side margin of several pages. Occasional spots of foxing throughout. Offsetting to plates. Handwritten table of contents is bound in. Handwritten notes about Walpole along with a list of plates and page numbers is laid-in; dampstaining to margin and corner of this paper. There is also a Laid-in newspaper article relating to Walpole. Includes 27 plates, many of which fold out. An attractive volume despite the noted wear. 96 pages plus plates. PRI/072022. Very Good. More