VATHEK: AN ARABIAN TALE 1786.
by BECKFORD, William
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- Paperback
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About This Item
Menston, Scolar Press, 1971. . Facsimile, 8vo.,pp. vii,334, paperback; creasing to spine and slightly rolled, rubbed to extremities and light soiling, otherwise very good.
Synopsis
Vathek (alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Tale or The History of the Caliph Vathek) is a Gothic novel written by William Thomas Beckford. It was composed in French beginning in 1782, and then translated into English by Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic. The first French edition was published in 1787.
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- Bookseller
- MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP (GB)
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- Title
- VATHEK: AN ARABIAN TALE 1786.
- Author
- BECKFORD, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Menston, Scolar Press, 1971.
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