Large single crystals of La8Cu7O19 have been grown using the travelling-solvent floating zone method. A rather high oxygen pressure of 9 bar in the growth chamber and a slow growth speed of 0.5 mm/h were among the most important parameters in stabilizing the growth of this incongruently melting compound. Interestingly, a novel growth scenario has been witnessed. The crystal structure of the grown La8Cu7O19 crystal has been analyzed using single crystal diffractometry to extract important structural parameters of this compound. We find that La8Cu7O19 crystallizes in a monoclinic structure with space group C2/c and has the lattice parameters a approximate to 13.83 angstrom, b approximate to 3.75 angstrom, c approximate to 34.59 angstrom, and beta approximate to 99.33 degrees, in good agreement with the data obtained on polycrystalline samples in the literature. The magnetization shows a highly anisotropic behavior, and an anomaly at T approximate to 103 K. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.