BECKER, W. A.—Charicles. Illustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks with notes and excursuses. From the German of Professor Becker. A new edition collated and enlarged. London John W Parker and Son . . . 1854. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
BECKFORD, William.—An Arabian Tale, [Vathek] from an unpublished manuscript: with Notes critical and explanatory. London: Printed for J. Johnson, . . . MDCCLXXXVI. 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Holloway.
Large paper copy of the first edition in English, with portrait and two plates inserted, all proofs.
The notes are by Mr. Henley.
BECKFORD, William.—Vathek. A Londres: chez Clarke . . . 1815. 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Cuzin.
Large paper copy, with a vignette "eye and turban" on the title-page, and three inserted plates by Isaac Taylor, Westall and Heim, proofs on India paper.
The first English edition in the French language. Originally written in French, the editions printed in Paris and Lausanne became so scarce that the author consented to this publication of the first text.
BECKFORD and JOHNSON.—The History of the Caliph Vathek By William Beckford, . . . With Preface and Notes, Critical and Explanatory also Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia By Samuel Johnson, . . . With Four Etchings and Portrait of Beckford by A. H. Tourrier Etched by Damman. London J. C. Nimmo and Bain . . . 1883. 8vo, two works in one volume, cloth, uncut edges.
No. 71 of one hundred and fifty large paper copies printed, with proof etchings on Japan paper.
BECKFORD, William.—Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters. By the author of "Vathek" A new Edition. London: Richard Bentley . . . 1834. 12mo, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by C. Lewis.