[Walpole (Horace)] The Castle of Otranto, a Story. Translated by William Marshal, Gent. From the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, Canon of the Church of St. Nicholas of Otranto, first Dublin edition, [cf. Rothschild 2491; Summers p.263 (first editions)], Dublin, by J. Hoey, J. Exshaw, P. Wilson, S. Cotter, W. Sleater, J. Potts, S. Watson, and J. Hoey, junior, 1765, bound after Blacklock (Rev.) A Collection Original Poems, vol.1 only, occasional browning, Edinburgh, for A. Donaldson, 1760, together 2 works in 1 vol., bookplate Michael Kearney to pastedown, contemporary half calf, some cracking to joints but holding firm, rubbed, large 12mo.

⁂ Rare first Dublin edition of the first gothic novel, ESTC lists 3 copies only of this imprint (BL, Eton and Delaware). The Castle of Otranto became an almost overnight sensation in England and it's popularity can be judged by 4 separate Irish imprints that appeared within 1765 all of which are rare.