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William Beckford
English slaver, art collector, and novelist (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.
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Date: 1814
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A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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Date: [between 1768 and 1778]
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Reference: 756988i
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A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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Date: [between 1768 and 1778]
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Reference: 756990i
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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.
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Courtis, Jason.
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Date: 1995
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Elizabeth Sawyer, of Edmonton, Middlesex, who was executed for witchcraft in 1621. Etching, 1794.
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Date: 6 February 1794
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Reference: 38559i
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Poets and men of letters / edited, with introductions, by Robert J. Gemmett.
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Date: [1972]
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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.
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Fonthill Abbey (Wiltshire, England)
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Date: [1823]
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