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William Beckford

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English slaver, art collector, and novelist (1760–1844)

Born 1760
Died 1844

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  • Cover of: The consummate collector: William Beckford's letters to his bookseller

    First published in 2000 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: De Londres à Venise

    First published in 1989 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The History of the Caliph Vathek / by William Beckford.

    First published in 1893 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Italy, Spain, and Portugal: with an excursion to the monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha.

    First published in 1845 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal, by the author of 'Vathek.' 2 vols

    First published in 1834 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Alcobaça e Batalha: recordações de uma excursão

    First published in 1914 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The school for good living; or, a literary and historical essay on the European kitchen: beginning with Cadmus the cook and king, and concluding with the union of cookery and chymistry

    First published in 1814 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Vathek: an Arabian tale, with notes, critical and explanatory

    First published in 1872 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Biographical memoirs of extraordinary painters

    First published in 1824 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: History of the Caliph Vathek: and, European travels

    First published in 1891 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A côrte da rainha D. Maria I.: Correspondencia de W. Beckford

    First published in 1901 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The vision ; Liber veritatis

    First published in 1930 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Vathek.: Réimprimé sur l'original français, avec la préf. de Stéphane Mallarmé.

    First published in 1893 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Le Vathek de Beckford

    First published in 1876 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Recollections of an excursion to the monasteries of Alcoba©ʹa and Batalha

    First published in 1835 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The history of the Caliph Vathek

    First published in 1887 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein (World's Classics)

    First published in 1994 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Three Oriental Tales: The History of Nourjahad, Vathek, and The Giaour (New Riverside Editions)

    First published in 2002 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The transient gleam: a bouquet of Beckford's poesy

    First published in 1991 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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We need a photo of William Beckford

English slaver, art collector, and novelist (1760–1844)

Born 1760
Died 1844
Subjects
Description and travel, English Authors, Fiction, Anecdotes, Batalha (Monastery), Biography, Painters, Alcobaça (Monastery), Art, Correspondence, Fiction, general, History, Inheritance and succession, Travel, Alcobac ʹa (Monastery), American wit and humor, arts and science, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, Arab countries, Authors, fiction, Batalha (Dominican monastery), Bibliography, Book collecting, Book collectors, British, Catalogs
Places
Portugal, Spain, Italy, Europe, Arab countries, Benelux countries, England, Germany, Great Britain, Middle East, Venice (Italy)
People
William Beckford (1760-1844), George Clarke (fl. 1835), Queen of Portugal Maria I (1734-1816), Samuel Henley (1740-1815), Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Vathek
Time
19th century, 18th century

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
September 8, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import