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| Título | The History of the Caliph Vathek ... Printed Verbatim from First Edition, with the Original Prefaces and Notes by Henley |
| Autor | William Beckford |
| Editor | Sampson Low & Company, 1868 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Sep. 2007 |
| Largo | 189 páginas |
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