Monsieur Nongtongpaw / with illustrations by Robert Cruikshank.

Format Book
PublicationLondon : Alfred Miller, Oxford Street ; Edinburgh : Constable and Co., 1830.
ManufactureLondon : Printed by Samuel Bentley, Dorset-street
Description19 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorShelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 attributed name.
Other author/creatorTaylor, John, 1757-1832, attributed name.
Other author/creatorMulready, William, 1786-1863, attributed name.
Other author/creatorGodwin, William, 1756-1836, attributed name.
Other author/creatorCruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, illustrator.
Other author/creatorMiller, Alfred, active 1830-1836, publisher.
Other author/creatorDibdin, Charles, 1745-1814. General election. Mounseer Nong Tong Paw.
Other author/creatorArchibald Constable & Co., publisher.
Other author/creatorSamuel Bentley and Co., printer.
Abstract On a visit to France, John Bull misinterprets the French response to his English questions; he returns to England thinking Monsieur Nongtongpaw ("Je vous n'entends pas") was a very wealthy man.
Local noteJoyner Rare copy imperfect: lacking one plate.
General noteTitle vignette.
General noteIn verse.
General noteOriginally published: Mounseer Nongtongpaw. London: Printed for the proprietors of the Juvenile Library ..., 1808.
General noteBased on the 1796 song "Mounseer Nong Tong Paw" of 5 stanzas by Charles Dibdin (1745-1814).
General noteSometimes attributed to Mary Shelley; more recently described as the collaborative effort of John Taylor (1757-1832), William Mulready, William Godwin, and Mary Shelley. Cf. article by Emily W. Sunstein in Keats-Shelley journal, v. 45 (1996), p. 19-22.
With noteBound with: Monsieur Tonson.
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy purchased from Beach Hat Books, 3/30/22
Genre/formHumor.

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Joyner Rare Collection PR5397 .M66 1830 ✔ Available Request Material

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