WALPOLE, Horace (1717?1797). Letters? to The Earl of Hertford, During His Lordship?s Embassy in Paris. Edited by John Wilson Croker. London: [William Clowes for] Charles Knight, 1825. Large 4to on Imperial paper (381 x 276 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece on india paper before letters, additional title?page with engraved portrait vignette of John Wilkes, Esq. after William Hogarth (frontispiece foxed). Contemporary drab cloth, gilt?lettered spine (ends worn with splitting along joints, corners also worn). Provenance: Victor Albert George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey (1773?1859), his Middleton Park bookplate. FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, unknown to Hazen who stated that ?no copies on large paper are mentioned in the advertisement, and presumably none were printed?. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO THE COUNTESS OF JERSEY FROM LORD HERTFORD ON THE TITLE?PAGE, DATED A MONTH PRIOR TO PUBLICATION. Sarah Sophia Child Villiers, Countess of Jersey (1785?1867) was the wife of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey. A UNIQUE COPY AND A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION. Hazen 31. From the private library of a distinguished Chicago book collector.