Accession number
PML 130147
Creator
Beckford, William, 1760-1844.
Published
A Londres : Chez Clarke ..., 1815.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Untrimmed copy.
"Les éditions de Paris et de Lausanne, étant devenu extrémement rares, j'ai consenti enfin à ce que l'on republiât à Londres ce petit ouvrage tel que je l'ai composé."--Préf. (signed W. Beckford).
Frontispiece "engraved by Isaac Taylor from a drawing by Isaac Taylor junior" (also in 1816 English edition at Morgan Library).
"De l'Imprimerie de J.F. Dove"--Colophon.
Engraved t.p. only (included in pagination).
Errata slip tipped in.
"Les éditions de Paris et de Lausanne, étant devenu extrémement rares, j'ai consenti enfin à ce que l'on republiât à Londres ce petit ouvrage tel que je l'ai composé."--Préf. (signed W. Beckford).
Frontispiece "engraved by Isaac Taylor from a drawing by Isaac Taylor junior" (also in 1816 English edition at Morgan Library).
"De l'Imprimerie de J.F. Dove"--Colophon.
Engraved t.p. only (included in pagination).
Errata slip tipped in.
Description
[4], 218 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 21 cm.
Provenance
Formerly owned by John Isaac Beresford (bookplate, signature); Rowland Burdon-Muller (bookplate); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's dark blue boards, paper label; in a modern case.
Classification
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