Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
Contributors: Whaley, Nathaniel, 1710-1745; Vertue, George, 1684-1756; Zincke, Christian Frederick, 1685-1767; Hughs, John, 1703-1771
Edition: The second edition with additions.
Publisher: Printed by John Hughs...
Published: 1752
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Art collections; Catalogs; Private collections; Painting; Houghton Hall (England); Italian Painting; Poetry
Other titles: Aedes Walpolianae; Description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk
Notes: Final page blank.

Printer statement taken from colophon.

Signatures: A-Sþ́.

Dedication signed: Horace Walpole.

"The ... account of Lord Orford's collection of pictures, is rather intended as a catalogue than as a description of them."--Introduction.

Pagination error: p. 48 numbered 40.

Plates engraved by George Vertue; portraits engraved after Christian Frederick Zincke.

ESTC (RLIN) T132890

Hazen, A.T. Walpole, 4

Binding, c.2: old marbled paper-covered boards; leather spine and corners; green leather label on spine; sprinkled edges; armorial bookplate of George Weare Braikenridge on front pastedown; armorial bookplate of Richard Greville Verney and label of Clifford Duits on front free endpaper.

Binding, c.3: old boards; leather spine; untrimmed edges.
Table of contents: title: A description of the pictures at Houghton-Hall; title: A sermon on painting; title: A journey to Houghton : a poem / by N. Whaley.