R B Ns Progress Eight Scenes First (1 results)
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Folio, pp. 8; with engraved folding frontispiece (cropped at foot); imprint cropped from title, and outer margin of title browned and worn; disbound. First edition. A satirical sketch of the rise to power of Robert Walpole, who was frequently caricatured by his enemies as Robin, or Robin Hood. The progress is from an inn in Scen…e I to 'An High Pyramid' in Scene VIII, with such venues as an election, a prison, and a room of state along the way. The large folding frontispiece consists of eight engravings, in two rows of four; for a full explanation, with references to Walpole's notorious Excise Scheme, see the British Museum Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, 1938. Foxon R136.
