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Walpole, Horace (4th Earle of Oxford). Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third. London: J. Dodsley, 1768. Second edition, first printing. Later half polished calf over contemporary marbled boards, raised bands, morocco spine label titled in gilt. Illustrated with two full-page woodcuts including frontispiece of Richard III. Includes a one page ?Addition? concerning the subsequent history of Catherine Gordon, the widow of Perkin Warbeck. Small 4to. Expertly refurbished spine, boards rubbed and worn, former owner?s small printed label to front pastedown with brief pencil notations.