Resultados de búsqueda: monsieur nongtongpaw with illustrations by robert de shelley mary wollstonecraft

London: Alfred Miller, 1830. First Illustrated Edition. Robert Cruikshank. 12mo, pp. 19. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates, with contemporary hand coloring. Bound in later 3/4 morocco and marble boards by Root and son (front cover very loose) a very clean copy. Sometimes described as her first published work this was first issued at her father and step-mother's M. J. Godwin's press in 1808 as Mounseer Nongtongpaw: a new version. A satirical poem about an Englishman in France and the linguistic misunderstandings that ensued.