Recent Antiquarian Acquisitions

The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

Posted on April 6, 2023 by km55

printed text

Author: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Title: The castle of Otranto : a Gothic story. / translated by William Marshall, Gent. From the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, Canon of the Church of St. Nicholas, at Otranto.
Edition: A new edition.
Publication: London : Printed for Alex. Cleugh and Co. No. 14, Ratcliff-Highway; and W. Phorson, Berwick., 1795.

24 17 795C

Acquired January 2022

Posted on November 15, 2013 by km55

This title is associated with the print The female orators

Author: Scudéry, Madeleine de, 1607-1701.
Uniform Title: [Femmes illustres. English]
Title: The female orators, or, The courage and constancy of divers famous women, set forth in their undaunted defences and noble resolutions, in preservation of their virtue and liberty. Worthy the perusal and imitation of the fair sex / English’d from the French edition of Monsieur de Scudery.
Published: London : Printed for J. Bedford at the Crown, in St. Paul’s Church Yard; and C. Sympson, in Stonecutter Street, Fleet Market, MDCCLXVIII [1768]

51 Sc436

Acquired August 2013