LEWIS, Monk [Matthew Gregory]Biblio.com
Rosario or The Female Monk: A Romance
1891620746Chicago: Laird & Lee Publishers 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. Introduction by Max Maury. Illustrated by Auguste Leroy. 400pp. Illustrated with engravings. Custom bound without the original wrappers in half blue morocco decorative paperboards spine with raised bands furrowed in gilt creating five compartments the middle compartment with a gilt device the compartments above and below with "Rosario" and "Monk Lewis" in gilt respectively pages with deckled edges and decorative endpapers matching the boards. Bound at the Haverhill Bindery with their ticket on the front pastedown "Chase Bros. Prop. 15 Washington St." Boards and spine worn spine slightly cocked the paper on the front board with a small abrasion and some edgewear to the pages overall still a very good copy with the binding sound and tight. A worn but nonetheless charmingly bound copy of Matthew Gregory Lewis' disturbing and controversial novel originally published in 1796. Laird & Lee Publishers hardcover
