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An Arabian tale / from an unpublished manuscript, with notes critical and explanatory.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PR4091 .V34 1786
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beckford, William, 1760-1844.
- Standardized Title:
- Vathek. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sanderson, Thomas (bookplate)
- Physical Description:
- vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 334 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1786.
- Notes:
- First ed. Cf. Rothschild 352-354.
- Caption and running title: The history of the caliph Vathek.
- Later editions appeared under the titles Vathek, and, The history of the caliph Vathek.
- Errata: p. vii.
- Cited in:
- ESTC (RLIN) T62055
- English novel, 1770-1829, 1786:15
- Block, A. Engl. novel (1961 ed.), p.18
- Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) v.1, p.133
- OCLC:
- 1636740
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