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Strawberry Hill, the renowned seat of Horace Walpole
Strawberry Hill the renowned seat of Horace Walpole Author:Horace Walpole Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ARRANGEMENT OF THE AUCTION. Mr. Robins feela it necessary to state, that in forming the disposition of the Sale, and in the arrangement of this vast assemblag... more »e of rare and interesting Property for the public view, he has been anxious, as far as possible, to preserve the exact situation which almost every article has retained since the death of Horace Walpole, and which will be continued until its dispersion at the Auction. This announcement applies also to the Library of Books, which, it will be observed, is not arranged in sizes or dates, as in the ordinary mode of Catalogues, but in the cases as originally placed. THE FIRST DAY'S SALE, On MONDAY, APRIL 25m, A portion of the rare and valuable Library of Books, including the Cases, marked A, B and C. THE SECOND DAY'S SALE, On TUESDAY, APRIL 26m, The second portion of the Library comprised in Cases E and F. THE THIRD DAY'S SALE, On WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH, The third portion of the Library comprised in Cases H, I, K and L. THE FOURTH DAY'S SALE, On THURSDAY, APRIL 28m, The fourth portion of the Library comprised in Cases D, G and M; the Books on the Tables in the Library, the Books printed at the private Press of Horace Walpole, at Strawberry Hill, many with curious Manuscript and the printed Catalogues. THE FIFTH DAY'S SALE, On FRIDAY, APRIL 29TH, The Books contained in the Library near the Offices. THE SIXTH DAY'S SALE, On SATURDAY, APRIL 30rH, The extremely rare Books in the Closet of the Library, and the highly interesting and valuable collection of Manuscripts. ARRANGEMENT OF THE AUCTION. JOtiii. THE SEVENTH DAY'S SALE, On MONDAY, MAY 2ND, The first portion of the most rare and valuable Prints in the Library of the Round Tower. THE EIGHTH DAY'S SALE, On TUESDAY, MAY Srd, Th...« less