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Reference Library
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Christie, James, 1773–1831
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Beckford, William, 1760–1844
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Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
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English, Edmund Francis
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Fothergill, Brian
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Gemmett, Robert J
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Gray, Jennie
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Hamilton-Phillips, Martha
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James, John Thomas, 1786–1828
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Lees-Milne, James
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Oliver, John W. (John Walter)
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Phillips, H., -1840
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Phillips, H., -1840
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Rutter, John, 1796–1851
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Thacker, Christopher
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Yale University. Library
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Books
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19th century
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20th century
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21st century
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auction catalog
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
3
aquatint
2
engraving
2
lithograph
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armorial bindings (binding)
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armorial bindings (provenance)
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auction catalogue
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biographie
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biography
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blind stamps (provenance)
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chromolithograph
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extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
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genealogie
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subscription lists (printing)
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wood engraving
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woodcut engraving
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Subject Terms
Fonthill Abbey.
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Beckford, William, 1760–1844.
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Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
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Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
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Beckford, William, 1760–1844 -- Art collections -- Catalogs.
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Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
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Beckford, William, 1760–1844 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Wiltshire.
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Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
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Furniture -- Catalogs.
3
London Institution -- Ownership.
3
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
3
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
3
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
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Art -- Collectors and collecting -- England -- Exhibitions.
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Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography.
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Beckford, William, 1760–1844 -- Homes and haunts.
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Beckford, William, 1760–1844 -- Library -- Catalogs.
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Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
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Adams, Elliott R. -- Autograph (BEIN Beckford 415 copy 2).
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18th century
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England
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London
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Wiltshire
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Great Britain
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Bath (England)
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Europe
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Germany
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Groebritannien
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Poland
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Russia
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Shaftesbury
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Sweden
1
Wiltshire (England)
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Beckford, William, 1760–1844
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Beckford, William (Schriftsteller)
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Bickford family
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Hamilton, Charles, 1704–1786
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Hoare, Henry, 1705–1785
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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
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English
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James, John Thomas, 1786–1828
Journal of a tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, during the years 1813 and 1814
1816
2
Phillips, H., -1840
A catalogue of the collection of rare and estimable original drawings, antient & modern prints, and books of prints
[1824]
3
Christie, James, 1773–1831
A catalogue of all the truly elegant household furniture, silver-gilt and silver plate
[1807]
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English, Edmund Francis
Views of Lansdown Towers, Bath
1844
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Christie, James, 1773–1831
Magnificent effects at Fonthill Abbey, Wilts.
[1822]
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Thacker, Christopher
Building towers, forming gardens
2002
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Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
A catalogue of a most superb, capital, and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures
[1802]
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Phillips, H., -1840
A catalogue of the magnificent, rare, and valuable library, (of 20,000 volumes)
[1823]
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Beckford, William, 1760–1844
The Hamilton Palace libraries
[1882-1883]
10
Rutter, John, 1796–1851
Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey
MDCCCXXII [1823]
11
Hamilton-Phillips, Martha
Benjamin West and William Beckford
12
Gemmett, Robert J
Beckford's Fonthill
2003
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William Beckford, 1760-1844
c2001
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Fothergill, Brian
Beckford of Fonthill
1979
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William Beckford exhibition 1976
1976
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William Beckford, 1760-1844
[2002]
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Lees-Milne, James
William Beckford
1979
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Gray, Jennie
Horace Walpole & William Beckford
c1994
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Yale University. Library
William Beckford of Fonthill: writer, traveller, collector, caliph, 1760-1844;
1960
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Oliver, John W. (John Walter)
The life of William Beckford,
1932