VATHEK: An Arabian Tale. Ed. by Richard Garnett. Notes by Samuel Henley
by BECKFORD, William
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About This Item
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1893. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Henry Nye w. eight etchings. Octavo, silk cloth edgeworn, rebacked with leather, original spine title
No. 102 of only 450 copies for England, and 150 for America. Illustated with 8 etchings by Henry Nye. This is an oriental fantaxy about the grandson of Haroun-al-Raschid, the caliph-hero of THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. Vathek searches for the treasure of the pre-Adamit sutlans. For this search he sells his soul to Ehlis, supreme ruler of evil spirits. Ehlis finally brings him into his kingdom, an underground abyss. And so much more.
No. 102 of only 450 copies for England, and 150 for America. Illustated with 8 etchings by Henry Nye. This is an oriental fantaxy about the grandson of Haroun-al-Raschid, the caliph-hero of THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. Vathek searches for the treasure of the pre-Adamit sutlans. For this search he sells his soul to Ehlis, supreme ruler of evil spirits. Ehlis finally brings him into his kingdom, an underground abyss. And so much more.
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Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic.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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- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
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- Title
- VATHEK: An Arabian Tale. Ed. by Richard Garnett. Notes by Samuel Henley
- Author
- BECKFORD, William
- Illustrator
- Henry Nye w. eight etchings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Bullen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- henry nye, william beckford, richard garnett, samuel henley,
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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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