[Beckford (William)] Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters, first edition, with the final errata leaf (sometimes missing), light spotting at beginning and end, engraved bookplate of the Earl of Normanton, contemporary tree calf, gilt, a little rubbed, corners slightly worn, rebacked with gilt spine preserving red roan label, preserved in modern calf-backed marbled board drop-back box, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, [Chapman 1.i], 8vo, J.Robson, 1780.

⁂ The author's first published work, written while he was still a teenager and published when he was twenty. It is a satirical account of various imaginary painters, parodying those whose work was popular at the time such as Salvator Rosa, and inspired by showing visitors round his father's art collection.