RADCLIFFE, ANN. The Mysteries of Udolpho, a Romance. London: Printed for G.C. and J. Robinson, 1794. 4 vols., 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked with original gilt spines and red lettering-pieces laid down, corners recapped; cloth case. FIRST EDITION of this famous Gothic novel, with the half-titles (that in vol. 1 stained). Rothschild 1701; Tinker 1703. "... a romance of terror in vigorous and sensational style, after the mode of Walpole's Castle of Otranto. A novel which saved the close of the 18th century from mediocrity" (Lowndes 2035). Engraved armourial bookplate of Pauncefort Duncombe in each vol. (4)