RECOLLECTIONS OF AN EXCURSION TO THE MONASTERIES OF ALCOBACA AND BATALHA
by Anonymous. [ BECKFORD, William]
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1835. First edition. hardcover. Good . 8vo, 228 pages, 19th C half sheep, marbled boards. Ex libris Sam Crimpton, a Hook or Hooke family, and William Wilson of Bardstown, JY, with his rubber stamp on the title-page. head of spine repaired..
A travel memoir by Beckford, author of VATHEK, and one of the wealthiest Englishmen of his era. He built Fonthill Abbey, arguably the most sensational of the English Gothic Revival buildings. It has been said that his visit to Batalha in 1794 influenced his ideas about Fonthill Abbey, which was begun in 1796. The Prince Regent of Portugal insisted that Beckford should visit these abbeys. This copy is extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait of young Beckford, and with multiple photogravure prints of views of these two places.
A travel memoir by Beckford, author of VATHEK, and one of the wealthiest Englishmen of his era. He built Fonthill Abbey, arguably the most sensational of the English Gothic Revival buildings. It has been said that his visit to Batalha in 1794 influenced his ideas about Fonthill Abbey, which was begun in 1796. The Prince Regent of Portugal insisted that Beckford should visit these abbeys. This copy is extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait of young Beckford, and with multiple photogravure prints of views of these two places.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DEMO016253I
- Title
- RECOLLECTIONS OF AN EXCURSION TO THE MONASTERIES OF ALCOBACA AND BATALHA
- Author
- Anonymous. [ BECKFORD, William]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1835
- Keywords
- portugal, william beckford, alcobaca, batalha, grangerized, extra-illustrated,
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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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