Vathek : an Arabian tale. By William Beckford, esq. With notes, critical and explanatory.
William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844)
Category
Books
Date
1849
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3214882
Summary
Bibliographic description
396 p. ; 17 cm (8vo). Provenance: nineteenth-century Anson bookplate with motto ‘Nil desperandum’ and Viscount’s coronet (though seven pearls visible) [i.e. Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (1825-1892)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half grained, green calf, with marbled paper boards, gold tooled and gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844)