The life and letters of William Beckford of Fonthill : (author of "Vathek") / by Lewis Melville.
Lewis Melville (1874-1932)
Category
Books
Date
1910
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3250394
Summary
Bibliographic description
xv, [1], 391, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 27 cm. Ephemera: loosely inserted press cutting about William Beckford and Fonthill Abbey. Provenance: Pencil inscription on front pastedown: "Fairhaven / Anglesey Abbey / 1930" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's red cloth; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board: coat of arms of William Beckford; gilt lettered spine; gilt top edge.
Makers and roles
Lewis Melville (1874-1932), author William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844), author James Sargant Storer (Cambridge 1771 - London 1853), author