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Shelfmark	c154i20
Held By	BL
Country	England
Period	18c
Cover Material	Calf
Decorative Technique	Tooled in blind; Tooled in gold; Stencilled
Style	Etruscan border
Edges
BookBinder	Edwards of Halifax
Owner
Author	Muralto, Onuphrio pseud. [i.e. Horace Walpole]
Title	The Castle of Otranto
Place of Publication	London, Parma
Date of Publication	1791
References
Notes	Part of the Charles Ramsden Collection of Signed Bindings. Attributed to Edwards of Halifax. C. Ramsden, London Bookbinders, p. 62. Another Edwards of Halifax binding with Etruscan palmettes is stored at Egerton Mss 3277/1

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