The history of the Caliph Vathek
By: by William Beckford, Esq., with preface and notes, critical and explanatory ; also, Rasselas : Prince of Abyssinia, by Samuel Johnson, LL.D : with four etchings and portrait of Beckford by A.H. Tourrier, etched by Damman
Contributors: Henley, Samuel, 1740-1815, translator; Beckford, William, 1760-1844; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784; J.C. Nimmo and Bain; Ballantyne, Hanson and Co
Edition: Edition of one thousand copies
Publisher: J.C. Nimmo and Bain, 14 King William Street, Strand
Published: 1883
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Fiction
Notes: "One thousand copies of this edition have been printed and the type distributed. No more will be published" -- page [vii].

Also issued in an edition of 150 copies, which have the following statement on the title page verso: "Only 150 copies of this edition on laid paper, medium 8vo, with proof Etchings on Whatman paper, have been printed, and are numbered consecutively as issued"

Beckford's Vathek was originally composed in French, and translated into English by Samuel Henley.

Manufacture statement from verso of half-title. Printer name precedes place of manufacture.