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Advertisements-England-London-19th century.
4 unnumbered pages, 284 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustration ; 20 cm
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.
Chapman, Guy. A bibliography of William Beckford of Fonthill, 1974.