The child's own picture book of animals
pcb1583
TITLE
The child's own picture book of animals : containing Little Alfred's visit to Wombwell's menagerie, Domestic animals, Home and field animals, Adventures with wild animals, with a great number of beautiful pictures.
PUBLISHED
London : Ward, Lock, and Co., [1877].
SERIES
PRICE
5s.
AUTHOR
Dickes, William (printer) ![]()
Elwes, Alfred Thomas (illustrator)![]()
Evans, Edmund (engraver)![]()
Leighton, Brothers (printer)![]()
Ward, Lock, & Co. (publisher)![]()
Weir, Harrison (illustrator)![]()
Elwes, Alfred Thomas (illustrator)
Evans, Edmund (engraver)
Leighton, Brothers (printer)
Ward, Lock, & Co. (publisher)
Weir, Harrison (illustrator)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
27x23 cm
Format and pagination
4° : 62 ll. : [6], [56] leaves of text and plates
Signatures
π3 A/C12 χ1 D/G16 χ1 H/L16 χ1 M/O12
Signatures note
Each leave inter-foliated with blank sheet
4 gathering, sewn, unpaginated
Contents
[1], title page: "THE PLAY-HOUR PICTURE BOOKS. | THE CHILD'S OWN | PICTURE BOOK OF ANIMALS. | CONTAINING | LITTLE ALFRED'S VISIT TO WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE; | DOMESTIC ANIMALS; | HOME AND FIELD ANIMALS; | ADVENTURES WITH WILD ANIMALS. | [fancy] With a great number of Beautiful Pictures. | LONDON. | WARD, LOCK, AND CO., | WARWICK HOUSE, DORSET BUILDINGS, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C."; [2], List of illustrations; [3], at centre: "LITTLE ALFRED'S VISIT TO | WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE."; [4-15], 12 leaves of text, printed in black, and plates by Alfred Thomas Elwes, printed in chromolithography; [16], at centre: "DOMESTIC ANIMALS."; [17-32], 16 leaves of text and wood-engravings, engraved by Edmund Evans, T. Bolton and M.A. Ferrier after drawings by Harrison Weir, Birket Foster and T.W. Wood, printed in black, and plates, engraved by Greenway and Wright and William Measom after drawings by Harrison Weir, printed by Leighton Brothers; [33], at centre: "HOME AND FIELD ANIMALS."; [34-49], 16 leaves of text and wood-engravings, signed "W. THOMAS", engraved by T. Bolton and M.A. Ferrier after drawings by T.W. Wood, printed in black, and plates, engraved by Greenway and Wright, W.T. Green, H. White and William Measom after drawings by Harrison Weir, printed by Leighton Brothers; [50], at centre: "ADVENTURES WITH WILD ANIMALS."; [51-62], 12 leaves of text, printed in black, and plates, anonymous, printed by W. Dickes
Covers
Blue cloth cover possibly by William Greening
Upper cover stamped in black and gilt, unsigned, uniform for the series, illustrating on the four corners, in roundels, details from Simple Simon, Old Mother Hubbard, [unidentified nursery rhyme] and Sing a Song of Sixpence; below the two upper roundels, blank on black: "THE | PLAY-HOUR | PICTURE BOOKS"; at centre, details from The Three [actually two] Blind Mice, Mother Goose, Hey Diddle Diddle and Jack the Giant-Killer; specific to this volume, at centre, decorated title, black and gold: "THE | CHILD'S OWN PICTURE | BOOK OF ANIMALS"
Spine, gilt: "THE CHILD'S OWN PICTURE BOOK OF ANIMALS"
Back cover, blind stamped
Blank white endpapers
Illustrations
Little Alfred's visit to Wombwell's menagerie has 6 leaves of plates, printed in chromolithography, the last of which bears in the lower right corner the signature: "A.J. Elwes"; plate 5 with registering lines on right side
Domestic animals has 8 leaves of text and wood-engravings engraved by Edmund Evans, T. Bolton and M.A. Ferrier after drawings by Harrison Weir, Birket Foster and T.W. Wood, and 8 leaves of plates, engraved by Greenway and Wright and William Measom after drawings by Harrison Weir, each bearing, in the lower right corner, the caption: "LEIGHTON, BROS"
Home and field animals has 8 leaves of text and wood-engravings, signed "W. THOMAS", engraved by T. Bolton and M.A. Ferrier after drawings by T.W. Wood, printed in black, and 8 leaves of plates, engraved by Greenway and Wright, W.T. Green, H. White and William Measom after drawings by Harrison Weir, each bearing, in the lower right corner, the caption: "LEIGHTON, BROS"
Adventures with wild animals has 6 leaves of text, printed in black, and 6 leaves of plates, each gathering two landscape illustrations, the third and fourth of which plates bearing the signature and date "Harrison Weir | 1861", the first and last of which bearing the signature: "W. Dickes"; plate 4 with 4 (?) black dots
Source for date
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27x23 cm
Format and pagination
4° : 62 ll. : [6], [56] leaves of text and plates
Signatures
π3 A/C12 χ1 D/G16 χ1 H/L16 χ1 M/O12
Signatures note
Each leave inter-foliated with blank sheet
4 gathering, sewn, unpaginated
Contents
[1], title page: "THE PLAY-HOUR PICTURE BOOKS. | THE CHILD'S OWN | PICTURE BOOK OF ANIMALS. | CONTAINING | LITTLE ALFRED'S VISIT TO WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE; | DOMESTIC ANIMALS; | HOME AND FIELD ANIMALS; | ADVENTURES WITH WILD ANIMALS. | [fancy] With a great number of Beautiful Pictures. | LONDON. | WARD, LOCK, AND CO., | WARWICK HOUSE, DORSET BUILDINGS, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C."; [2], List of illustrations; [3], at centre: "LITTLE ALFRED'S VISIT TO | WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE."; [4-15], 12 leaves of text, printed in black, and plates by Alfred Thomas Elwes, printed in chromolithography; [16], at centre: "DOMESTIC ANIMALS."; [17-32], 16 leaves of text and wood-engravings, engraved by Edmund Evans, T. Bolton and M.A. Ferrier after drawings by Harrison Weir, Birket Foster and T.W. Wood, printed in black, and plates, engraved by Greenway and Wright and William Measom after drawings by Harrison Weir, printed by Leighton Brothers; [33], at centre: "HOME AND FIELD ANIMALS."; [34-49], 16 leaves of text and wood-engravings, signed "W. THOMAS", engraved by T. Bolton and M.A. Ferrier after drawings by T.W. Wood, printed in black, and plates, engraved by Greenway and Wright, W.T. Green, H. White and William Measom after drawings by Harrison Weir, printed by Leighton Brothers; [50], at centre: "ADVENTURES WITH WILD ANIMALS."; [51-62], 12 leaves of text, printed in black, and plates, anonymous, printed by W. Dickes
Covers
Blue cloth cover possibly by William Greening
Upper cover stamped in black and gilt, unsigned, uniform for the series, illustrating on the four corners, in roundels, details from Simple Simon, Old Mother Hubbard, [unidentified nursery rhyme] and Sing a Song of Sixpence; below the two upper roundels, blank on black: "THE | PLAY-HOUR | PICTURE BOOKS"; at centre, details from The Three [actually two] Blind Mice, Mother Goose, Hey Diddle Diddle and Jack the Giant-Killer; specific to this volume, at centre, decorated title, black and gold: "THE | CHILD'S OWN PICTURE | BOOK OF ANIMALS"
Spine, gilt: "THE CHILD'S OWN PICTURE BOOK OF ANIMALS"
Back cover, blind stamped
Blank white endpapers
Illustrations
Little Alfred's visit to Wombwell's menagerie has 6 leaves of plates, printed in chromolithography, the last of which bears in the lower right corner the signature: "A.J. Elwes"; plate 5 with registering lines on right side
Domestic animals has 8 leaves of text and wood-engravings engraved by Edmund Evans, T. Bolton and M.A. Ferrier after drawings by Harrison Weir, Birket Foster and T.W. Wood, and 8 leaves of plates, engraved by Greenway and Wright and William Measom after drawings by Harrison Weir, each bearing, in the lower right corner, the caption: "LEIGHTON, BROS"
Home and field animals has 8 leaves of text and wood-engravings, signed "W. THOMAS", engraved by T. Bolton and M.A. Ferrier after drawings by T.W. Wood, printed in black, and 8 leaves of plates, engraved by Greenway and Wright, W.T. Green, H. White and William Measom after drawings by Harrison Weir, each bearing, in the lower right corner, the caption: "LEIGHTON, BROS"
Adventures with wild animals has 6 leaves of text, printed in black, and 6 leaves of plates, each gathering two landscape illustrations, the third and fourth of which plates bearing the signature and date "Harrison Weir | 1861", the first and last of which bearing the signature: "W. Dickes"; plate 4 with 4 (?) black dots
Source for date
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ADVERTISEMENTS
Bookseller (September 4, 1877), 831: see pcb971
COPIES
BL: 12807.k.2. (not analysed)
CUL: 1877.11.23 (not analysed)
NLS: Ca.2.67 (previous shelfmark: Ca.2/2; stamped "Advocates Library Edinburgh"; no publishers' advertisement inserted; no binder's ticket)
CUL: 1877.11.23 (not analysed)
NLS: Ca.2.67 (previous shelfmark: Ca.2/2; stamped "Advocates Library Edinburgh"; no publishers' advertisement inserted; no binder's ticket)
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PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The child's own picture book of animals". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 15, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb1583