McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Riquet with the Tuft. London : Orlando Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair, [between 1832 and 1835]

Alternative Title:

Title from series t.p.: Ricquit with the Tuft

Contributor:

Hodgson, Orlando. pbl

Publisher:

Orlando Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair, [between 1832 and 1835]

Notes:

Undated. Date from publisher's form of name and years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 91.
"With a beautiful engraving."
"With coloured plates and gilt edges."
First sentence: "There was once upon a time a queen who had a little son; but he had a hunch upon his back, and was besides so hideously ugly, that it was for some time doubted if he had the form of a human creature."
Includes 1 woodcut.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: hand-coloured frontispiece. Violet decorated wrappers. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. Nov/69. $8.50.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 98 x 64 mm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Fairy tales.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Legendary Romances, Fairy Stories and Folk Tales in Prose

Call Number:

PN970 H63 R5 1832 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke Collection

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7406

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_H63_R5_1832