1828 Rare miniature Edition - The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story [WITH] Rasselas, A Tale.

 

Author : Horace Walpole & Dr. Samuel Johnson.
Title : Rasselas, A Tale. & The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story. Two Volumes in One. Miniature.
Publisher : London, Jones & Company, 1828-1829.
Language : Text in English
Size : 4 " X 2.5 "
Pages : 160-155 pages
Binding : Very good dark green calf leather binding (hinges fine, slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content  (bright and tight, rare foxing and staining). 
Illustrations : Illustrated with two engraved title page and two frontis portraits.
 

The book : Rare miniature edition of Rasselas, A Tale. & The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story. 

The author: Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), also known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, south-west London, reviving the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors. His literary reputation rests on the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto (1764), and his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. They have been published by Yale University Press in 48 volumes.