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Just Williams : a study of the influence of medical speculation and discourse on the public perception of homosexuality as deduced through the literature on William Beckford / Jason Courtis.

Poets and men of letters / edited, with introductions, by Robert J. Gemmett.

The unique and splendid effects of Fonthill Abbey : catalogue of the extensive assemblage of costly and interesting property, which adorns this magnificent structure ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at the Abbey, on Tuesday, the 23d of September, 1823 ... and on Thursday, 16th of October.

A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

The school for good living; or, a literary and historical essay on the European kitchen: beginning with Cadmus the cook and king, and concluding with the union of cookery and chymistry.

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Beckford, William, 1760-1844

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The school for good living; or, a literary and historical essay on the European kitchen: beginning with Cadmus the cook and king, and concluding with the union of cookery and chymistry.

A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.