[Lewis (MG, presumed parody of)] M GBiblio.com
Tales of Terror;
180188085London: Bulmer for J.Bell 1801. First edition. Hardcover. Additional engraved vignette title 2 hand-coloured etched plates only of 3. 1801 First edition. 8vo. Advertisement page. Contemporary mottled calf gilt rebacked in cloth preserving contemporary leather backstrip. A delightfully macabre work originally assumed to be by Matthew Gregory "Monk" Lewis but now assumed to be a parody. "The book is gruesome and in its illustrations even disgusting and it seems impossible that Lewis could have had anything to do with it. Some of the ballads are too coarse and grotesque to stand comparison with any work by M.G.Lewis." Montague Summers <em>A Gothic Bibliography</em>. Some foxing and marking; calf rather worn at edges. No jacket Bulmer for J.Bell hardcover
Lycanthia Rare Books · Royaume-Uni500,00 £GB≈ 570,90 €
