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[Lewis (M.G., presumed parody of)] Tales of Terror;
£500
with an Introductory Dialogue…
London, Bulmer for J.Bell, 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, A Gothic Bibliography.
Out of stock
Some foxing and marking; calf rather worn at edges.
Additional engraved vignette title, 2 hand-coloured etched plates (only, of 3).
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