Author: [WALPOLE (Horace)]:
Title: A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, With Lists of their Works. In Two Volumes. The Second Edition, corrected and enlarged.
Description: London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley..., 1759. 2 volumes. 8vo, 173 x 102 mms., pp. [vi], viii, [2], 247 [248 blank, 249 - 251 Index, 252 blank' [ii], 250 [251 -256 Index], engraved frontispiece and engraved plate of music after page [248] in volume 1, contemporary calf, spines lettered in gilt; lacks labels, but a good set. Walpole published his Catalogue in 1758, and in the same year sold the copyright to Dodsley, who published 2000 copies of this edition. The reviewer of the first edition in The Critical Review for 1758 objected to some of Walpole's political assessments and assertions, but adds "The execution of the performance before us, we must own, is agreeable and entertaining, animated with pertinent and humourous reflections, and enlivened with some curious anecdotes not commonly known. The author, however, is not free from mistakes, inaccuracies and quaint conceits, which are often mistaken for wit."

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