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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Saunders, J., bookseller.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monks--Fiction.

Monks.

Madrid (Spain)--Fiction.

Madrid (Spain).

Incest--Fiction.

Incest.

Rape--Fiction.

Rape.

Penn Provenance:

William George's Sons (label) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Physical Description:

3 volumes ; 20 cm (12mo)

Fingerprint:

t.et gend so?" Afst (7) 1818 (Q) v.1

asr- tehe myal hafo (3) 1818 (Q) v.2

ero- heis ."e- melo (3) 1818 (Q) v.3

Place of Publication:

Waterford [that is, London?] : Printed for J. Saunders, 1796 [that is, 1818?]

Notes:

Imprint is false; conjectural place and date of imprint from ESTC. "Unpublished research by Christopher Edwards found that all known copies are printed on paper watermarked '1818'; some of those copies formerly identified as a forgery of a genuine Waterford edition."--ESTC.

Signatures: volume 1: [A]1 B¹²(-B1.B12) C-L¹² M⁶(-M6) ; volume 2: [A]1 B-M¹² N⁸ ; volume 3: [A]1 B-N¹² O¹⁰.

Pagination: volume 1: [3], vi-viii, [3], 12-250 pages ; volume 2: [2], 280 pages ; volume 3: [2], 308 pages.

This edition follows the text of the second edition, London, 1796. See W. B. Todd, "The early editions and issues of The monk" in Studies in bibliography, volume 2 (1950), page 22.

Local Notes:

Singer-Mendenhall copy has "1818" watermark on leaf F1 of volume 1, leaf B1 of volume 2, and leaf B6 of volume 3.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: volume 2 has a reader's manuscript underlines and marks in pencil on leaf M1r and M1v with marginal notes ("Tis false! and impious!!" on leaf M1r and "False! False!! as Hell!!!" on leaf M1v) also in pencil.

Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from Jarndyce Antiquarian Books.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: volume 1: bookseller's label ("WILLIAM GEORGE'S SONS LTD 89 PARK STREET, BRISTOL") on front pastedown; manuscript note ("A.E.F. [...] Avis.[?] 11348. COLL: MAGD; OXON.") in blue ink on blank leaf preceding title leaf.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: volume 1 has laid in 2 newspaper clippings from unidentified publications, 1 headlined "Queen of terrors" by Donald Thomas (regarding the bicentenary of Ann Radcliffe) and 1 headlined "Let every man take care" (review of The publication of The monk by André Parreaux).

Cited in:

ESTC T169350

OCLC:

228698016