Vathek.
William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844)
Category
Books
Date
1836
Materials
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215218
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 396 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16cm. With loosely inserted entry ticket to Garron Tower (torn at the head), printed 'To Mrs Todd' and in manuscript 'Mark F Wilson'. Garron Tower was built by Frances Anne Vane-Tempest, 3rd Marchioness Londonderry (1800-1865). Provenance: No ownership marks. Binding: Nineteenth-century half vellum on marbled paper, sewn on two recessed cords. Gilt tooling on spine. Maroon leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Edges densely sprinkled red.
Makers and roles
William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844) Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797) Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818)