The ladder to learning, step the first: being a collection of select fables, with original morals, upon a new plan, intended as an easy and entertaining introduction to the useful art of reading.

ID 13317
Title The ladder to learning, step the first: being a collection of select fables, with original morals, upon a new plan, intended as an easy and entertaining introduction to the useful art of reading.
Contributors
Signed Author Anonymous
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination vii, 128
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
  • BL Ch.790/202.
Notes 1790? - British Library. Opie thinks that Trimmer did not write Ladder to Learning. Also attributed to Eleanor Fenn (BL).
Hand-Verified No
Verified No
Attempted Verification Yes

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Trimmer, Sarah. The ladder to learning, step the first: being a collection of select fables, with original morals, upon a new plan, intended as an easy and entertaining introduction to the useful art of reading.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 13317, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/13317. Accessed 2025-10-24. 

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  year={1790},
  title={The ladder to learning, step the first: being a collection of select fables, with original morals, upon a new plan, intended as an easy and entertaining introduction to the useful art of reading.},
  publisher={Elizabeth Newbery},
  address={London},    }

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