The works of Horatio Walpole, earl of Orford (1798)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, Edwards, James, 1757-1816, G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England) · London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson ... and J. Edwards ... · leaf 471
ed mine at 4100I. a year ; which I thought hard : they had takena very high year when I had received more than a yearly payment (indeed threequarters) ; that I had not complained, becaufe I would not feem to lower myplace ; yet, as I had thought myfelf ill-treated by its being overcharged, Icould… … Front jsnE C I . DESCRIPTION OF THE VILLA O F Mr. HORACE W A LP OLE, A T Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlcfex. With an INVENTORY of theFURNITURE, PICTURES, CURIOSITIES, &c. Vol. II, E e e a [ 395 ] PREFACE. JT will look, I fear, a little like arrogance in a private man to give aprinted…
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![An illustration from Architectura curiosa nova, exponens 1. Fundamenta hydragogica, indolemq[ue] aquæ, aëris interventu in altum levandæ. 2. Varios aquarum ac salientium fontium lusus per varia spectatu jucunda epistomiorum seu siphonum genera. 3. Magnum amnissimorum fontium, machinarumq[ue] aquæductoriarum sumtu magno exstructarum, ac per Italiam, Britanniam, Germaniam &c. visendarum, numerum. 4. Specus artificiales sumtuosissimas, cum plerisq[ue] principum europæorum palatiis, hortis, aulis; nec non præcipuis monasteriis atq[ue] arcibus. 5. Cum auctario figurarum elegantissimarum, ad hortorum topiaria vario ductù dividenda, nec non conclavium laquearibus ac pavimentis segmentandis, itemq[ue] labyrinthis construendis, adhibendarum. Omnia 200 æri incisis... descripta (1664)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-architecturacuri00bock-238-135.webp)
