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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Ladder To Learning Step The First |
| Date | 1844 |
| Record ID | 221854 |
| Collection Name | School Books |
| Reference | CL T8317 L154 1844a |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Morality, Manners and Consequences Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Women as authors Fables Readers Publishers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston |
| Genre | Fables Pedagogical Texts |
| Author | Trimmer, Sarah (1741-1810) |
| Publisher | Reynolds, William J |
| Places | Massachusetts |
| Illustrator | Croome, William (1790-1860) |
| Document Type | Primer |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1844 Fables--1844 Readers Publishers' advertisements--Massachusetts--Boston Color printing (Printing) Publishers' paper bindings (Binding) Relief prints |
| Size | [48] p. : ill. ; 14 cm |
| Page Numbers | 48 |
| Additional Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy frontispiece hand-colored. Sewn through the spine. Inscribed: L. Munroe Davis. Subtitle: 'By Mrs Trimmer'. |
| Catalog Notes | "The ladder to learning. Step the first. Containing fables consisting of words not exceeding three syllables."--Half title, p. [5]. By Sarah Trimmer. Variant issues; issue in hand is [48] p.; another issue is [64] p. Pagination sequence is so confusing in both cases, that the "ideal" copy cannot be discerned. William J. Reynolds was located at 20 Cornhill, Boston, between 1844 and 1846. Pages numbered in two separate sequences on inner and outer margins. Pagination, inner margin: 42, [1], 157-159, [2] p. Pagination, outer margin: [7], 14-51, [2] p. In publisher's paper binding printed in red ink. Wood engraving, p. [36], signed "WC" (i.e., William Croome?). "Uncle John's library. First series."--numbered series list, p. [1] at beginning. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |