WALPOLE (Horace). A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill Collected by Horace Walpole.1842

London: George Robins, 4to, xxiv, 86, [2], [89]-90, 97-250pp., lithographed frontis., portrait, engraved and printed title, some light soiling and chipping to titles and prelims, green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover, a couple of minor stains. The sale catalogue for Horace Walpole's remarkable estate at Strawberry Hill. It includes a tour of the house itself in the introduction, followed by each of the days sales, including books, coins and medals, pictures and drawings, enamels and miniatures, furniture, china, porcelain, and even stained glass (the sale went on for a staggering 24 days). This is a later printing of the catalogue - there were apparently seven in total, and those from the fifth onwards did not contain the days 7-8 - the print sales - which were sold at a later date. These pages are not present in this copy (explaining the gap in pagination), replaced by a single page note explaining that they will be sold later, in smaller lots, and that a new catalogue will be printed shortly for these lots. However, for those interested in the books, this later printing is of greater value, since the first five days (book sales) are expanded from 68 pages to 86, with many of the 'and others' listed in the earlier editions now properly expanded to include titles. Provenance: From the library of the Auctioneers' & Agents' Institute, with their label.