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| Title | The History of the Caliph Vathek |
| Author | William Beckford |
| Editor | Samuel Henley |
| Translated by | Samuel Henley |
| Contributor | Samuel Henley |
| Publisher | Sampson Low, son, and Marston, 1868 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 189 pages |
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