Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha. By the Author of
BECKFORD (William).

Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha. By the Author of "Vathek".

First edition. Engraved frontispiece of the author. 8vo. xi, [1, blank], 228 pp. Near contemporary quarter vellum with marbled paper covered boards, spine decorated in gilt, with gilt lettering to red morocco label, marbled edges. London, Bentley, 1835.

£400.00

Chapman and Hodgkin describe this work as being “by far the best book that Beckford wrote”. The narrative was based on a travel journal Beckford kept in 1794. A very good copy, boards and spine a little rubbed and marked, frontispiece lightly spotted. Book plate of Sir Robert Comyn to front pastedown.

A Bibliography of William Beckford, Chapman and Hodgkin, 9 (i).

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