Il castello di Otranto
storia gotica.
by Horace Walpole
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This book is the earliest and most influential of the Gothic novels. First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades. In it Walpole attempted, as he declared in the Preface to the second edition, "to blend the two kinds of romance: the ancient and the modern." He gives us a series of catastrophes, ghostly interventions, revelations of identity, and exciting contests. Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, the novel was an immediate success and Walpole's own favorite among his numerous works. - Back cover.
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The Castle of Otranto: a Gothic story
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The castle of Otranto: a gothic story / Horace Walpole ; edited by W.S. Lewis with a new introduction and notes by E.J. Clery.
2008, Oxford University Press
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The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story
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Il castello di Otranto: storia gotica.
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Edition Notes
Anonymous. By Horace Walpole.
Translated by George Sivrac.
Half-title: 'Il castello di Otranto, stampato da T. Bensley, sotto l'ispezione di Giovanni Sivrac, A.M.'.
For this edition the six Harding plates of 1793, engraved by Birrell from drawings by Anne Melicent Clarke, were relettered in Italian. The frontispiece was engraved by Thomas Medland from a drawing by Joino.
B6 is a cancel.
There is a footnote on p. viii. Variant: there is no footnote on p. viii.
This edition was printed on three kinds of paper and on vellum, to produce four issues.
ESTC, T99857
Hazen. Walpole, 17, p. 63-64
Gift to Victoria University Library. Bentley, G.E., Jr. 2005/10/01.
Victoria University Library copy has armorial bookplate of Sir Velters Cornewall Bart.
Victoria University Library copy: Variant form without footnote on p. viii. Printed on papier vélin, royal octavo, water-marked dimly 1794 in the corner of the sheet (issue 3).
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