Research Catalog

Title

Tales of terror : with an introductory dialogue.

Publication

London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. and sold by J. Bell, no. 148, Oxford-Street, opposite New Bond-Street, 1801.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818
• Bell, Joseph, active 1792-1824
• W. Bulmer and Co., printer.

Description

[4], 149, [3] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations; 19 cm

Subjects

• Lewis, M. G (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818 > Parodies, imitations, etc
• Gothic fiction

Genre/Form

Gothic fiction.

Note

• Errata: p. [4], first set.
• Publisher's advertisements: p. [151].
• Once attributed to M.G. Lewis, Tales of Terror is now considered to be most likely a parody of his work (see R.D. Spector's The English gothic [Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984], p. 164-165).
• Illustrations: Hand-colored frontispiece and two other hand-colored plate engravings by W. P. after B.; extra engraved title-page with vignette.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Lewis, M. G.) (Tales of terror)

LCCN

53050857

OCLC

NYPG05-B555

Title

Tales of terror : with an introductory dialogue.

Imprint

London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. and sold by J. Bell, no. 148, Oxford-Street, opposite New Bond-Street, 1801.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy 1: With the book plate of James Lawrell, Esq., Eastwick; and the ink ownership signature of J. D. Hustler. -- Full calf, black morocco spine label, gilt spine-titling.

Pforzheimer copy 2: With the ink ownership signature of William Wickham, 1815. -- Original blue boards with brown paper backstrip, spine-titling in ink; within bright yellow cloth clamshell case.

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Added Author

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

Bell, Joseph, active 1792-1824, publisher.

W. Bulmer and Co., printer.

Lawrell, James, of Eastwick, former owner.

Hustler, J. D., former owner.

Wickham, William, 1761-1840, former owner.

Research Call Number

Pforz (Lewis, M. G.) (Tales of terror)