Wife & no wife, or, A trip to the Continent

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“The interior of a large church or cathedral. Burke, dressed as a Jesuit, standing within a low, semicircular wall at the foot of a crucifix, marries the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert. The Prince is about to put the ring on her finger. Fox gives her away, holding her left wrist. Beside him (right) stands Weltje in back view but looking to the left at the ceremony. A napkin is under his left arm, bottles project from his coat-pockets, and the tags on his shoulder denote the liveried manservant. To the left of Fox appears the profile of George Hanger. On the left North sits, leaning against the altar wall, sound asleep, his legs outstretched. He wears his ribbon but is dressed as a coachman, his hat and whip beside him. All the men wear top-boots to suggest a runaway match. Behind the Prince in a choir seat is a row of kneeling monks who are chanting the marriage service. The crucifix is partly covered by a curtain, but the legs and feet are painfully distorted … On the wall and pillars of the church are four framed pictures: ‘David watching Bathsheba bathing’, ‘St. Anthony tempted by monsters’, ‘Eve tempting Adam with the apple’, and ‘Judas kissing Christ’, the last being over the head of Fox.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • PrintmakerGillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
  • TitleWife & no wife, or, A trip to the Continent [graphic] / design’d by Carlo Khan.
  • PublicationLondon : Publish’d by Willm. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane, London, March 27, 1786.

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

786.03.27.01.2++

Acquired October 2015

The monk : a romance in three volumes

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.

Title Page [Copy 1]: The monk : a romance in three volumes 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.

Frontispiece [Copy 2 Vol. 1]: The monk : a romance in three volumes First published 1796 in London by J. Bell.

Frontispiece [Copy 2, Vol. 2]: The monk : a romance in three volumes 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

Frontispiece [Copy 2, Vol. 3]: The monk: a romance in three actsSubjects (Library of Congress): Man–woman relationships–Fiction; Monks–Fiction; Madrid (Spain)–Fiction.

Lewis Walpole Library new acquisition: October, 2010