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Drafts for the 'Liber veritatis' (Beckford's title, fol. 5), c.1829-39, n.d.
A scurrilous account of the antecedents of certain noble families. The more finished drafts were edited by Guy Chapman in The vision [and] Liber veritatis (London & New York, 1930), pp. 89-138 (with a reproduction of fol. 28 at p. 142). The manuscript contains: (fols. 1-4) a draft in French, c.1828, printed op. cit., pp. 143-5 (fols. 7-24) a fair copy of 'Female nobility', with a few alterations, paper watermarked…
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Archive of William Beckford
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Literary papers
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Literary papers
Shelfmark: MS. Beckford d. 22
Extents: 99 Leaves
Dates:
c.1829-39, n.d.