 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1764 - 600 pages
...that the original ' was found in the library of an anREV. Feb. 1765. H cie« cient catholic farnily in the North of England. It wa,s printed at Naples, in the black letter, in the year 1529. H°W much fooner it was written docs not appear. The principal incidents are fuch as were believed... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1766 - 234 pages
...BAT HOE in the Strand. M.DCC.LXVI. PREFACE To the Firft Edition. following work was found in the X library of an ancient Catholic family in the north...Naples, in the black letter, in the year 1529. How much fooner it was written does not appear. The principal incidents are luch as were believed in the darkeft... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1794 - 202 pages
...? ^ y \ SI94I3 . •THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO, A GOTHIC STORY. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. • JL HE following work was found in the library of an ancient...printed at Naples, in the black letter, in the year i529. How much [boner it was written, does not ap-pear. The principal incidents are fuch as •were... | |
 | 1802 - 442 pages
...genuine. The late Earl of Orford first gave to the world his " Castle of Otranto," as having been " found in the library of an ancient catholic family, in the north of England, printed at Naples, in the black letter, in the year 15z9." As such it was received, and such it continued... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - Fiction - 1814 - 450 pages
...been originally printed in black letter at Naples, in 1529, and that it had been recently discovered in the library of an ancient catholic family in the north of England. The work was ill received on its first appearance, and the extravagant commendations heaped on the... | |
 | John Ross Dix - Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770 - 1837 - 368 pages
...of "The Castle of Otranto," the production of his riper years, in which he solemnly asserts that it was found in the " library of an ancient catholic family in the north of England, and was printed at Naples, in the black letter, in the year 1529." In the second edition, the honourable... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 172 pages
...printed in black letter, at Naples, in 1529, and that the copy from which the translation had been made was found in the library of an ancient Catholic family in the North of England: The egotism of this preface, and the promise which it contained, that if the work were successful the... | |
 | Thomas Chatterton - 1842 - 494 pages
...author of the " Castle of Otranto," in the preface to which work it is stated to have been discovered "in the library of an ancient Catholic family in the north of England, and printed at Naples in the black letter, in the year 1529 ;" assuming, in fact, to be a translation... | |
 | Thomas Chatterton - 1842 - 528 pages
...author of the " Castle of Otranto," in the preface to which work it is stated to have been discovered " in the library of an ancient Catholic family in the north of England, and printed at Naples in the black letter, in the year 1529 ;" assuming, in fact, to be a translation... | |
 | Thomas Chatterton - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1842 - 492 pages
...author of the " Castle of Otranto," in ths preface to which work it is stated to have been discovered "in the library of an ancient Catholic family in the north of England, and printed at Naples in the black letter, in the year 1529 ;" assuming, in fact, to be a translation... | |
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THE following work was found in the library of an ancient Catholic family in the north of England. It was printed at Naples, in the black letter, in the year 1529. 
