Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818

The monk : a romance in three volumes / by M.G. Lewis.

A new edition with plates.

Published: Paris : Printed for Theophilus Barrois, Junior, bookseller, No. 5 Quay Voltaire, MDCCCVII [1807]

56 L58 807 Copy 1

Bound in one vol., uncut, without frontispieces; in plain brown paper wrapper with paper spine label; also with 8 p. of preliminary publisher’s advertisments and 2 p. at end. For further information, consult library staff.

56 L58 807 Copy 2

In 3 vols., with original combed paper wrappers and printed spine labels. Publishers’ advertisements on final pages of v.2 and v.3.

First published 1796 in London by J. Bell.

Todd, W. B. ’The early editions and issues of The monk, with a bibliography’. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, v.II, p. 22

Subjects (Library of Congress): Man–woman relationships–Fiction; Monks–Fiction; Madrid (Spain)–Fiction.

Lewis Walpole Library new acquisition: October, 2010