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The Queen's matrimonial ladder : a national toy, with fourteen step scenes and illustrations in verse, with eighteen other cuts / by the author of "The political house that Jack built."
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection RBC 2026 102
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hone, William, 1780-1842, author, publisher.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
- Caroline.
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
- George.
- Political satire, English.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1800-1837.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Humor.
- Verse satire.
- Publishers' advertisements.
- Physical Description:
- [24] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Twenty-sixth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by and for William Hone ..., 1820.
- Contents:
- The Queen's matrimonial ladder
- The Joss and his folly, an extract of an overland dispatch.
- Notes:
- Written by William Hone; see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- "All the drawings for this publication are by Mr. George Cruikshank."--Verso of title leaf.
- "This Pamphlet and the Toy together, ONE SHILLING."--Title leaf.
- Publisher's advertisement at end.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center RBC 2026 102 imperfect: last [2] pages containing publisher's advertisement wanting. Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2026. Manuscript contents list in pencil on first blank leaf in volume.
- Cited in:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, 13790-13807
- Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, 680
- OCLC:
- 12644017
- Bound With:
- Kislak Center RBC 2026 102 copy bound with: The political house that Jack built.
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