Yale University Library Research Guides: Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill: COLLECTIONS

Contents of Strawberry Hill

A Description of the Villa (1784)
Folio 49 3582, Walpole's own extra-illustrated copy. Link to digital version
A Description of the Villa (1784)
Folio 33 30 copy 11, Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of the 1784 edition. Link to digital version
A Description of the Villa (1774)
49 2523, Walpole's own extra-illustrated and annotated copy ("Spencer copy"). Link to digital version
Strawberry Hill Contents
Period images now at the Lewis Walpole Library of items from Walpole's collection. link to digital collections records
Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Collection
Database of selected objects formerly in Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill.
Strawberry Hill House Tour App for IOS
Explore Horace Walpole's collection with a virtual tour of the Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill exhibition

A Description of the Villa

1842 Sales

A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill
George Robins auction catalogue for the collection, 1842. Link to Hathi Trust
The Collection of Rare Prints and Illustrated Books
The London Sale of prints and illustrated books removed from the earlier sale at Strawberry Hill. Link to Google books
Aedes Strawberrianae
Names of purchasers and the prices to the sale catalogue of the choice collections ... at Strawberry-Hill. Link to Google books
An account of descriptive catalogues of Strawberry Hill and of Strawberry Hill sale catalogues, together with a bibliography
By Percival Merritt, 1915. Link to LWL holdings in Yale catalog

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Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill: COLLECTIONS