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    By Onuphrio Muralto; William Marshal [trans.]; [Horace Walpole]
    London   Wenman and Hood
    5.5" by 3.5" ii-xviii [1], 20-157pp
    A scarce late 18th century edition of the Horace Walpole tale that initiated the literary genre of the Gothic novel. Illustrated with a frontispiece.
    By Onuphrio Muralto; William Marshal [trans.]; [Horace Walpole]

    1793 The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story

    London   Wenman and Hood
    5.5" by 3.5" ii-xviii [1], 20-157pp
    A scarce late 18th century edition of the Horace Walpole tale that initiated the literary genre of the Gothic novel. Illustrated with a frontispiece.
    £195.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 964F60
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    Description

    Illustrated, Leather Binding, Scarce

    A scarce 'New Edition' of a novel first published in 1764.

    The title page retains the literary device of pretending that this work is a translation by "William Marshal" of a 16th century Italian manuscript by "Onuphrio Muralto", pseudonyms of Walpole.

    Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece.

    Set in a haunted castle, the novel merged medievalism and terror in a style that has endured ever since.

    ESTC No T63202

    Retaining the original half title.

    Bookseller's label of T. D. Webster to front pastedown.

    In the preface of the second edition, Walpole claims the novel is "an attempt to blend the two kinds of romance, the ancient and the modern."

    Condition

    In a full calf binding. Front board detached but present. Minor losses of calf to back strip head and tail, with rubbing to back strip, joints, and board perimeters. Rear joint starting, with board tenderly held by two cords only. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, with instances of spotting and the odd handling mark throughout. Major losses and a closed tear to head and tail of final text leaf, with close tear bisecting text, but with no words lost.

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