Strawberry Hill, the Renowned Seat of Horace Walpole. Mr. George Robins Is Honoured by Having Been Selected by the Earl of Waldegrave, to Sell by Public Competition, the Valuable Contents of Strawberry Hill, and It May Fearlessly Be Proclaimed as the Most Distinguished Gem That Has Ever Adorned the Annals of Auctions. It Is Definitely Fixed for Monday, the 25th Day of April, 1842, and Twenty-Three Following Days (Sundays Excepted) by Collected by Horace Walpole - 1842

London: George Robins, 1842. 1/4 leather. Very Good. The uncommon 1842 catalogue documenting the entire contents of Strawberry Hill, the renowned estate of Horace Walpole (1717-1797) in Twickenham, London. Auctioned off by George Robins in a remarkable 24 day offering which started on Monday April 25th, 1842 and (incredibly) ran for the next 23 days ("Sundays excepted"). The elegant catalogue has been re-backed in a period 1/4 calf over its original marbled boards. 5 raised bands, handsome title label (with crisp gilt-titling). The gilt-crest of "The Society of Writers to the Signet" at both panels. Very light rubbing --and just a touch of soiling-- along the panels, light offsetting at the corners of the endsheets and pastedowns. Small unidentified label at the top of the front pastedown as well. The text is very clean, with no foxing or markings to speak of. And the wood-engravings, which appear thruout in the "Prefatory Remarks", are in pristine condition. A well-preserved, solidly VG to VG+ example. Quarto, a painstaking mid-19th century itemizing of all that came onto the auction block in this historic 24 day marathon.