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Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries

(BECKFORD, William) Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha. By the author "Vathek". FIRST EDITION. Richard Bentley. 1835
Front. port.; bound without half title. Contemp. half black calf, spine gilt in compartments, brown leather label; corners & hinges sl. rubbed. Armorial label of the Weston Library. A good-plus copy.

¶For this publication Beckford 'invoked the powers of memory' and expanded the 'slight notes' made during his second visit to Portugal in 1794.
Stock #26186
£320


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