Episodes II, 'Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh enfermé dans le palais du feu souterrain'
MS. Beckford d. 17
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Episodes II, 'Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh enfermé dans le palais du feu souterrain'
Shelfmark
MS. Beckford d. 17
Summary
Fair copy of parts 1 and 2 by Beckford, in a notebook, paper watermarked 1836 and 1837, incorporating the alterations in d. 16, with:
(p.i) a note 'read to Mrs Gore Sund. 25 April 1841'
(p.ii) 'Averti[s]sement pour l'edition de Vathek avec les episodes', Jan.1838, printed in The Episodes (1912)
(pp. 39a, 160) drafts of several passages
(p. 159) lines in Persian, transliteration of one verse in Roman script, and translations into English verse
(pp. 161-end) are blank.
Date
Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Language
French
Physical facet
Binding: half red calf, marbled boards
Physical extent
353 pages
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Collection contents
Literary papers
Drafts and fair copies of the Episodes of Vathek: the 'Histoire de la Princesse Zulkaïs' and the 'Histoire du Prince Alasi'
Episodes II, 'Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh enfermé dans le palais du feu souterrain'
