Draft of 'Memoirs of William Beckford Esqr.', by Cyrus Redding, 1846
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Beckford c. 86
Held at the Weston Library
Some pages in the hand of an amanuensis, with (fol. i) two slips addressed to the publisher Henry Colburn. A different version of the memoir was published anonymously, as Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill, 2 vols. (C.J. Skeet, 1859).
Includes:
- (fol. 74v) a note by Lady Hamilton 'the whole of this story an invention'
- (fol. 158) an addendum dated Feb. 1847
Dates
- Creation: 1846
Extent
177 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Beckford c. 86
Repository Details
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