5 volumes in 3 (including A Catalogue of Engravers...).xiii, [1], 182, [20]; [2], 182, [55]; [2], 167, [12]; x, [2], 140, 14, 20, [7] pp. With 113 copper-engraved plates. (4to) 9x7¼, period full blue morocco elaborately tooled in gilt, raised spine bands, morocco lettering pieces, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Second Edition

Exceptional copy of what is undoubtedly Horace Walpole's most significant work, a handsome, wide-margined example, in elegant full morocco binding. Armorial bookplate of Charles Tyrell, dated 1766, in Vol. I; later bookplates in the other volumes.