Written in French (by an Englishman) circa 1782.
{{Tr|Samuel Henley}} into English and published without authorship in 1786.
The 1816 editions were the first authorized (although published anonymously), and includes many corrections and revisions to the 1786 translation.
See also the 1786 variant, below.
The 1929 edition is a 'new translation by Herbert B. Grimsditch, expanded with "Episodes of Vathek", as Vathek, with The Episodes of Vathek, 2 volumes'. --John Clute, undated "Addenda" to the Beckford biographical entry in SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)
The 1929 edition is a 'new translation by Herbert B. Grimsditch, expanded with "Episodes of Vathek", as Vathek, with The Episodes of Vathek, 2 volumes'. --John Clute, undated "Addenda" to the Beckford biographical entry in SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1834 | Vathek; The Castle of Otranto; The Bravo of Venice | Richard Bentley | Omnibus | |1 | |
| 1928 |
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Vathek | John Day | Novel | |
| 1931 | Three Eighteenth Century Romances | Charles Scribner's Sons | Omnibus | 125 | |
| June 1966 | Three Gothic Novels | Dover Publications | Omnibus | 107 | |
| 1968 |
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Three Gothic Novels | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 149 |
| July 1971 |
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Three Eighteenth Century Romances | Charles Scribner's Sons | Omnibus | 125 |
| 1979 |
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Three Gothic Novels | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 149 |
| 1983 |
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Vathek | Oxford University Press | Novel | 1 |
| 1983 |
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Three Gothic Novels | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 149 |
| 1986 |
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Three Gothic Novels | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 149 |
| July 1994 |
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Four Gothic Novels | Oxford University Press | Omnibus | 81 |
| 1995 | Vathek and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 27 | |
| March 2000 |
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Vathek | Creation Press | Novel | |
| December 2001 | Vathek and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 27 | |
| August 2009 |
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The Castle of Otranto, Vathek & Nightmare Abbey | Wordsworth Editions | Omnibus | |
| February 2013 |
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Vathek | Simon & Brown | Novel | |
| June 2013 |
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Vathek | Oxford University Press | Novel | |2 |
| June 2013 |
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Vathek | Oxford University Press | Novel | |
| March 2015 |
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Vathek | Open Road Integrated Media | Novel | |
| September 2015 |
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Vathek | Centipede Press | Novel | |
| August 2020 |
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Vathek | Poisoned Pen Press | Novel | |1 |
| August 2020 |
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Vathek | Poisoned Pen Press | Novel | |1 |