BECKFORD, William.) HOLLAND, Henry Richard, Lord.

Some account of the life and writings of Lope Felix De Vega Carpio.

      London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme [etc.]. 1806 - viii,294 + errata. Front. port. Contemporary half blue straight-grain morocco, slightly rubbed, edges gilt. A very good copy. William Beckford's copy, Hamilton Palace Sale Lot 842. With one page of Beckford's manuscript notes on a front free endpaper. 13 lines, commenting on 6 places in the text. e.g. "The prudish press of Spain tolerates no indecency but in the works of a Casuists." "Ld Holland never read the Circe or the Andromeda of Lope de Vega ----happy Lord Holland! [Attributes: Hard Cover]