Vathek : translated from the original French.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for W. Clarke, New Bond Street,
MDCCCXVI. [1816]
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| Edition: | Third edition, revised and corrected. |
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| Item Description: | Published anonymously. Written by William Beckford. A corrected reprint of Samuel Henley's translation published in 1786. Cf. Chapman bibliography, Appendix A.iii, page [128]. Issue with text at page 220: "When the afflicting narrative was closed, the young man entered on his own ..."--Cf. Chapman. 3.A.iii, a, page 26. Another issue has imprint: London, Printed for W.C. Clarke, New Bond street. Sold also by Taylor and Hessey, Fleet street. MDCCCXVI. The engraving in this issue appears as the frontispiece. Publisher's advertisements on 1 leaf following the title page. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 unnumbered pages, 284 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustration ; 20 cm |
| Place of Publication: | England -- London. |