Antique Book, Thoughts on Hunting by William Beckford, English, Georgian, 1810Our Stock # 18. 9834 This is an antique book, Thoughts on Hunting by William Beckford. An English language hard bound compendium of sporting letters, dating to the Georgian period, published 1810. An English novelist and art critic, William Beckford (1760 1844) was the son of a former London Mayor the significant inheritance upon his father's death afforded Beckford a lifestyle conducive to indulgence in art and architecture. A brief dalliance as a