Journal of a Residence among the Negroes In the West Indies.

London: John Murray, 1845.

Price: $300.00


About the item

viii, 184pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarters modern polished brown polished calf and marbled boards. Fine.

Item #318273

Journals of "Monk" Lewis' two residences in Jamaica, in 1815-1816 and in 1817. Printed from the manuscript. The author died at sea while returning to England in 1818. It is his last book and has some dozen unpublished poems.
Coleridge called it " ... the most unaffected book of travels or touring I have read of late years ... it is by far his best work, and will live and be popular"