The ladder to learning: step the second. Being a collection of select fables: consisting of words not exceeding two syllables, intended as an easy introduction to the useful art of reading.

ID 12887
Title The ladder to learning: step the second. Being a collection of select fables: consisting of words not exceeding two syllables, intended as an easy introduction to the useful art of reading.
Contributors
Signed Author [Anonymous]
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 110
Date of Publication 1790
Edition Statement
Edition Number
Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed for E. Newbery, at the corner of St. Paul's Church-yard
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing London GB
Format Sextodecimo (16mo)
Length (cm) 11
Width (cm) 8
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence) 6.0
Total Price (in pence) 6
Non-UK Price
Genre
Sources
Shelfmarks
  • Welch
  • BL Ch.790/202.
Notes 1790? - British Library. Roscoe says this is by Sarah Trimmer; ESTC says it's erroneously credited to her.
Hand-Verified Yes
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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Trimmer, Sarah. The ladder to learning: step the second. Being a collection of select fables: consisting of words not exceeding two syllables, intended as an easy introduction to the useful art of reading.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 12887, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/12887. Accessed 2025-11-27. 

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  author={Trimmer,Sarah},
  year={1790},
  title={The ladder to learning: step the second. Being a collection of select fables: consisting of words not exceeding two syllables, intended as an easy introduction to the useful art of reading.},
  publisher={Elizabeth Newbery},
  address={London},    }

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