NMLP P-036114 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09

The Monk: A Romance

Matthew Gregory Lewis · J. Bell (London) · 1796

Older scholarship favored an 1795 date, but because no 1795-dated copy is known and no contemporary notice predates March 1796, the anonymous 1796 J. Bell printing is now accepted as the true first edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036114 for "The Monk: A Romance" by Matthew Gregory Lewis (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036114, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).