5 leaves, sewed, uncut, 250 copies printed, Strawberry-Hill, printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1781, small 4to. (152)

Denham, £2 125. 4499 A Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry-Hill, near Twickenham, Middlesex, with an Inventory of the Furniture, Pictures, Curiosities, etc., frontispiece and plates, in sheets, Strawberry-Hill, printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784, 4to. (153) Denham, £11 5s.

[Two hundred copies were printed of this definitive edition of the "Description." It contains 27 plates and plans of Strawberry HilÎ. This copy had the two rare leaves of Additions, the outside sheet discoloured.—Catalogue.] 4500 A Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Another copy, with pencil additions and corrections in the author's handwriting, frontispiece in early state without lettering of title, and plates (2 plans wanted), folded, 1784, 4to. (154)

Denham, £6 17s. 6d.

4501 A title page for the above printed in three colours, black, blue and red, 1784, 4to. (155) Denham, L1 16s. [Mr. Grosvenor Bedford had in his collection a richly illustrated copy of the above with a similar title.-Catalogue.] 4502 Walpole (H.) Essay on Modern Gardening. Essai sur l'Art des Jardins Modernes, par M. Horace Walpole, traduit en François par M. le Duc de Nivernois, en 1784, Text in English and French, vignette on title, folded, Imprimé à Strawberry-Hill, par T. Kirgate, 1785, 4to. (156)

Denham, £9 5s.

[Four hundred copies printed, half of which were sent to France. This copy is enclosed in a sheet of grey paper, on which the author had written, "One pick'd Essay on Gardening."-Catalogue.]

4503 More (Hannah). Bishop Bonner's Ghost, vignette on title, 4 leaves, sewed, uncut, 1789, small 4to. (157)

Shepherd, £4 17s. 6d. [Ninety-six copies are said to have been printed, two being on brown paper; but Walpole, in a letter to Hannah More [June 23, 1789], speaks of printing 200 copies. These satirical verses were written by the authoress when on a visit to Dr. Porteus, Bishop of London.—Catalogue.] 4504 Walpole (H.) Works. A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, enlarged with many new Articles and with many other Additions, sewed, uncut, n. d., 4to. (158) Tregaskis, £18

[The above apparently formed a portion of the first volume (pp. 245 to 528) of the complete edition of all his works which Walpole commenced to print at Strawberry Hill in 1770. Only two volumes of this edition were issued, after which he abandoned the idea.—Catalogue.]

4505 Walpole (H.) The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story, the third edition, original grey wrapper, unopened edges,

Cloaths by the Custom-House Officers, and to Madame de la Vaupaliere, in English and French, on I sheet, folio (167) Tregaskis, £9

4514 The Printing-Press at Strawberry-Hill, To the Earl of Chesterfield, 6 lines (168) Sabin, £4 175. 6d 4515 Vers Presentés à sa Majesté, Le Roi de Suede, A Ruel le Samedy, 9 Mai, 1771, par Madame la Duchesse d'Aiguillon douairiere, en lui montrant le Portrait du Cardinal de Richelieu, 2pp. (169) Robson, £275. 6d. 4516 "The Master of Otranto being in Durance and not able to receive the Fairy Blandina," etc., 8 lines (170) Tregaskis, £5 [An address in prose presented to Lady Blandford on her visiting Strawberry Hill, in 1772, at the age of 78, Walpole being confined to his room with an attack of gout.— Catalogue.]

4517 The Press at Strawberry-Hill to Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry, Three Stanzas of four lines each, 1 page (171)

Denham, £5 2s. 6d. [Walpole, who wrote these verses, relates the occasion on which they were printed in a letter to the Countess of Ossory, October 19th, 1788.—Catalogue. See ante No. 4507.-ED.] 4518 The Press at Strawberry-Hill to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence [afterwards William the Fourth], one page [December 22nd, 1790] (173) Tregaskis, £i 165. 4519 Fox (Charles James). To Mrs. Crewe, 2pp. [1775], 4to. (175) B. F. Stevens, £3

[Three hundred copies of this leaflet were printed, a copy in the Grenville Library being marked “very scarce." Mrs. Crewe was the daughter of Fulke Greville, and was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds as "St. Geneviève.”—Catalogue.] 4520 Verses by T. Pentycross, "Thro' the bosom of yon trees," etc., 20 lines (177) Denham, £2 10S. [These verses were addressed to Horace Walpole.— Catalogue.]

4521 Epitaph in the Churchyard of St. Anne, Soho, on Theodore, King of Corsica, 1 page [1757] (178) Denham, £3

[Walpole wrote this Epitaph for a tablet which he erected to the memory of this unfortunate monarch, who died in December, 1756, and for whom he had previously raised a subscription. Catalogue.]

4522 An Epitaph on a Woman who sold Earthenware, a card (179) Robson, I 11S.

4523 Epitaph on a Canary Bird, three verses of four lines (180)

Denham, 18s.

4524 A Song, "There was a little Man, and he woo'd a little Maid," 6 verses of 4 lines (181) Denham, £2 6s. [This and the previous lot were written by Silvester Harding, a miniature painter.-Catalogue.]

4525 Air, in French, "Tristes regrets," etc., Four Verses, with MS. note at foot, "Strawberry" (182) Denham, 10s.

4526 Leaflet on the Discovery of Oil Painting, 16 lines, and a rough pull on a quarto sheet (183) Robson, 16s. [The above appears to be an earlier form of the following lot. It is apparently not recorded, and there is no copy of either in the British Museum.-Catalogue.]

4527 Questions proposed to the Society of Antiquaries, 2 columns of 23 lines (184) Tregaskis, 125. 4528 Coat of Arms of White's Club, designed by Lord Edgecombe and engraved by C. Grignion, on pink paper (185)

Tregaskis, £3 35.

[This coat-of-arms is referred to by Walpole in a letter to Montagu, dated April 20th, 1756. There is a cut down copy on white paper in the Grenville Library, where it is described as a Gamester's Coat of Arms," and is bound in a volume containing leaflets, etc. printed at Strawberry Hill. Catalogue.] 4529 Copy of a General Order of the Court of Exchequer for the future more regular issuing of Summons of the Pipe, etc., 2 leaves, dated 21st June, 1758, folio (186) Tregaskis, £7 4530 Inscription under the Monument of the first two Earls of Waldegrave, Father and Son, both of the name of James, both Servants of that Excellent Prince King George II., I leaf, folio (188) Dobell, £7

[Written by Horace Walpole's brother, Sir Edward Walpole. There is apparently some doubt as to whether the two preceding leaflets were printed at Strawberry Hill.Catalogue.]

4531 Rules for obtaining a Ticket to see Strawberry Hill, 28 lines, printed in italics on pink paper (189) Tregaskis, £2 155.

[The copy of these quaint Rules in the British Museum is printed on white paper.-Catalogue.]

4532 Rules, etc. A later issue of the same, presumably printed on Walpole's assuming the title of Earl of Orford in 1791, 2 copies (190) Tregaskis, £25. 4533 Three Tickets of Admission "to see Strawberry-Hill," dated August 22 and 26 and September 13, 1774, each signed "Hor. Walpole," and endorsed with the names of "Capt. Kelly," "Col. Salive," and "Lady Parry"; also a card of admission in MS. with red seal of Lord Orford's Coat-ofArms, dated on back, "Wednesday, Nov. 25th, 1801" (191) Denham, £4 12s. 6d. 4534 Prosperity to Houghton, 6 verses-and Houghton HareHunting, 8 verses, sheet ballads (192) Robson, £2 6s. [Houghton, in Norfolk, was the family seat of the Walpoles. These pieces are given in Lowndes as being printed at Strawberry Hill, but no mention is made of this fact in the British Museum Catalogue, which says [London? 1728?]-Catalogue.]

4535 The Norfolk Garland, or The Death of Reynard the Fox, folio sheet [London, 1728?] (194)

Denham, £2 10s. [This song was apparently printed in the same type as the foregoing.-Catalogue.]

4536 A Letter from King Edward the Sixth to Sir Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1770-The Embassy, translated from the French of Mons. le Chevalier de Boufflers, four verses, 1770Rebus's, three verses-and Tracts by Alderman Nutting, etc., 16 lines (195) Sotheran, 14s.

[Three of the above leaflets bear the imprint, "Printed at Houghton Park," the fourth being in the same type. The letter of Edward the Sixth was subsequently reprinted by Horace Walpole in his "Copies of Seven Original Letters from King Edward VI." (see Lot 142).—Catalogue.]

4537 An engraved invitation card, "Lady Ailesbury's Compts., etc.," endorsed on the back in Walpole's handwriting, "1758. This was designed by R. Bentley" (196) Denham, £2 [Lady Ailesbury was the Honble. Mrs. Damer's mother.Catalogue.]

4538 On the Death of the Marchioness of Tavistock, nine verses, 2 copies on one sheet, folio (197)

Dobell, £2

[An MS. note on the back (apparently in Walpole's handwriting) says, "Pieces printed at Ampthill."—Catalogue.] 4539 Prologue, by the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe—and Epilogue, by Johanna Baillie, at the opening of the Theatre, Strawberry Hill, November, 1800, a parcel of duplicate copies (198) Tregaskis, 17 5s. 4540 Epilogue to the Comedy of the Fashionable Friends, performed at Strawberry Hill, written by the Hon. William Lamb [afterwards Lord Melbourne], and spoken by the Hon. Anne S. Damer, 2 copies and 5 Playbills, etc. (199)

Dobell, £2 8s. [The play referred to was written by Miss Berry.—Catalogue.] 4541 Prologue, by the Right Hon. General Conway-and Epilogue, by the Right Hon. Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, to the Play of "The Way to Keep Him," performed at Richmond House, on the 17th of May, 1787, before their Majesties, 4pp. and 2 Playbills relating to York House, Twickenham, folio (200) Denham, £2 12s.

[Walpole was present at the performance of the above play, the epilogue of which was spoken by the Hon. Mrs. Damer (Walpole to Conway, June 17, 1787).—Catalogue.] 4542 MS. The paragraph on John Stephen Liotard from Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting (vol. iv., ch. 5, pp. 90, 91), with three extra Notes in the author's autograph, 21⁄2 pp., small 4to. (201) Denham, £4 12s. 6d. 4543 MS. Incantation for Raising a Phantom, imitated from Macbeth, and lately perform'd by His Majesty's Servants in Westminster, by Colonel Rd. Fitzpatrick, 1789, in the autograph of Walpole, who had added explanatory names in the margin, 2pp., folio (202) Denham, £28

4544 MS.

A Catalogue of Books, Poems, Tracts and small detached Pieces, Printed at the Private Press at Strawberry Hill, 7 leaves, sewed, small 4to. (203)

Dobell, £8