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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD) -
The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD) -
The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD) -
The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD) -
The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD) -
The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD) -
The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of David Miles Books (11708) -
The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of David Miles Books (11708) -
The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1853]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1853]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant D: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xxii)) -
The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant D: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xxii))
The old Cornish woman
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD)
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD)
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD)
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD)
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD)
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA OLD)
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of David Miles Books (11708)
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of David Miles Books (11708)
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1853]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1853]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant D: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xxii))
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The old Cornish woman. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant D: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xxii))
TITLE
The old Cornish woman.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
The old woman who came all the way from Cornwall to see the Great Exhibition.
The old woman who came all the way from Cornwall to see the Great Exhibition.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Co., [1852].
PRINTED
[London] : Stewart and Murray.
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
DESCRIPTION
Size
24,6x17,4 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents
1-8 text and wood-engraved vignettes; 1, at head: "THE OLD WOMAN WHO CAME ALL THE WAY FROM | CORNWALL TO SEE THE GREAT EXHIBITION"; 8, at foot: "PRINTED BY STEWART AND MURRAY, OLD BAILEY."
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black; inserted in decorated frame, at head: "[fancy] AUNT MAVOR'S PICTURE BOOKS | [plain] FOR | [fancy] LITTLE READERS."; in a roundel, picture of an old woman, supposedly Aunt Mavor, and five children; the woman points at the site of the Great Exhibition, outside an open window; at foot: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET. | PRICE SIXPENCE."; specific for this title: "THE OLD CORNISH WOMAN."
Lower wrapper: see variants
Illustrations
8 illustrations, one per page, unsigned, printed in black by Stewart and Murray and hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (printer)
Documents (engraver)
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December 1852 as no. 1 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
Documents state reissues in August 1853, August 1855, March 1856
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855 as no. 1 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little children (see pcb2351), advertised as such until September 1857, when it became no. 1 of Aunt Mavor's toy books for little readers, further simplified, after 1859, to Aunt Mavor's toy books (see pcb2525)
Early publishers' advertisements (e.g. at the end of The boys' own story-book (London: Routledge, 1852), n.p.) describe the series as: "Uniform in size with Dean & Darton's large coloured sixpenny books for children. With greatly improved illustrations, new types, and well coloured pictures, an entirely new series of 13 different books."
24,6x17,4 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents
1-8 text and wood-engraved vignettes; 1, at head: "THE OLD WOMAN WHO CAME ALL THE WAY FROM | CORNWALL TO SEE THE GREAT EXHIBITION"; 8, at foot: "PRINTED BY STEWART AND MURRAY, OLD BAILEY."
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black; inserted in decorated frame, at head: "[fancy] AUNT MAVOR'S PICTURE BOOKS | [plain] FOR | [fancy] LITTLE READERS."; in a roundel, picture of an old woman, supposedly Aunt Mavor, and five children; the woman points at the site of the Great Exhibition, outside an open window; at foot: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET. | PRICE SIXPENCE."; specific for this title: "THE OLD CORNISH WOMAN."
Lower wrapper: see variants
Illustrations
8 illustrations, one per page, unsigned, printed in black by Stewart and Murray and hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (printer)
Documents (engraver)
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December 1852 as no. 1 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
Documents state reissues in August 1853, August 1855, March 1856
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855 as no. 1 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little children (see pcb2351), advertised as such until September 1857, when it became no. 1 of Aunt Mavor's toy books for little readers, further simplified, after 1859, to Aunt Mavor's toy books (see pcb2525)
Early publishers' advertisements (e.g. at the end of The boys' own story-book (London: Routledge, 1852), n.p.) describe the series as: "Uniform in size with Dean & Darton's large coloured sixpenny books for children. With greatly improved illustrations, new types, and well coloured pictures, an entirely new series of 13 different books."
NOTES
Printed on one side of the sheet only; first and last page pasted to upper and lower wrappers
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1852]: on greenish blue paper; lower wrapper: inserted in a decorated frame, printed in black: "LIST OF THE SERIES | OF | AUNT MAVOR'S | PICTURE BOOKS FOR LITTLE READERS. | [titles 1-13] | Such Pictures as are here given will gladden the eyes of our Juvenile Friends, and make | them remember the wonderful sights now passed away. | LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET."
Variant B
[1852]: same as variant A, on white paper
Variant C
[1853]: on orangish pink paper; lower wrapper: inserted in a decorated frame, printed in black: "LIST OF THE SERIES | OF | AUNT MAVOR'S | PICTURE BOOKS FOR LITTLE READERS. | [titles 1-14; note that title 2 has 24 instead of 26 cuts] | Such Pictures as are here given will gladden the eyes of our Juvenile Friends, and make | them remember the wonderful sights now passed away. | LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET."
Variant D
[1855]: on greenish blue paper; lower wrapper: inserted in a decorated frame, printed in black: "AUNT MAVOR'S | PICTURE BOOKS FOR LITTLE READERS. | [fancy] The Second Series. | [titles 1-13] | ROUTLEDGE'S NEW SERIES OF SIXPENNY | JUVENILE BOOKS. | 32mo. With Illustrations. Neatly bound in cloth, with gilt letterings. | [titles 1-13] | AUNT MAVOR'S LITTLE LIBRARY. | In sq. 12mo. fancy covers, price 6d. each. | [titles 1-2] | Nos. 3, 4, and 5, in progress. | LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET. | NEW YORK: 18, BEEKMAN STREET."; no printers' caption on p. 8; note that Routledge's New York address was in use after May 1854 but the thirteen titles of Routledge's new series of sixpenny juvenile books were published in May 1855 (Publishers' Circular (May 15, 1855): 188)
[1852]: on greenish blue paper; lower wrapper: inserted in a decorated frame, printed in black: "LIST OF THE SERIES | OF | AUNT MAVOR'S | PICTURE BOOKS FOR LITTLE READERS. | [titles 1-13] | Such Pictures as are here given will gladden the eyes of our Juvenile Friends, and make | them remember the wonderful sights now passed away. | LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET."
Variant B
[1852]: same as variant A, on white paper
Variant C
[1853]: on orangish pink paper; lower wrapper: inserted in a decorated frame, printed in black: "LIST OF THE SERIES | OF | AUNT MAVOR'S | PICTURE BOOKS FOR LITTLE READERS. | [titles 1-14; note that title 2 has 24 instead of 26 cuts] | Such Pictures as are here given will gladden the eyes of our Juvenile Friends, and make | them remember the wonderful sights now passed away. | LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET."
Variant D
[1855]: on greenish blue paper; lower wrapper: inserted in a decorated frame, printed in black: "AUNT MAVOR'S | PICTURE BOOKS FOR LITTLE READERS. | [fancy] The Second Series. | [titles 1-13] | ROUTLEDGE'S NEW SERIES OF SIXPENNY | JUVENILE BOOKS. | 32mo. With Illustrations. Neatly bound in cloth, with gilt letterings. | [titles 1-13] | AUNT MAVOR'S LITTLE LIBRARY. | In sq. 12mo. fancy covers, price 6d. each. | [titles 1-2] | Nos. 3, 4, and 5, in progress. | LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET. | NEW YORK: 18, BEEKMAN STREET."; no printers' caption on p. 8; note that Routledge's New York address was in use after May 1854 but the thirteen titles of Routledge's new series of sixpenny juvenile books were published in May 1855 (Publishers' Circular (May 15, 1855): 188)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1855 Dilke, 7
1975 Osborne, II.1018
2006 Masaki, I.12, 19-21, 326, 351-52; II.A1 (namely reproducing TPL-OsC copy but on yellowish paper instead of greenish blue), B1 (idem), C1 (BL copy), C2 (NAL: 60.R Box VII (xxii)), D9 (TPL-OsC)
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85
1975 Osborne, II.1018
2006 Masaki, I.12, 19-21, 326, 351-52; II.A1 (namely reproducing TPL-OsC copy but on yellowish paper instead of greenish blue), B1 (idem), C1 (BL copy), C2 (NAL: 60.R Box VII (xxii)), D9 (TPL-OsC)
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85
COPIES
BL: 12806.g.53(1) (variant C: [1853]; accession stamp dated 31OC54; accession stamp dated 31OC54; bound with other titles of the series, first title)
HUWL: Juv 856.12 (not analysed)
NAL: 60.R Box VII (xxii) (variant D: [1855]; stapled; on right upper corner of upper wrapper: "4")
NAL: 60.Y Box II (ii) (pasted to linen with original wrappers covered in linen and not readable; apparently variant C: [1853])
NAL: 60.X.233 (variant C: [1853]; on upper wrapper, pasted on foot, red bookseller's ticket: "MURRAY & STANESBY. | BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS & BOOKBINDERS."; bound with other titles of this and other series, tenth title, collective title: "London | Exhibn. | 1851 | Routledge")
NY-CUL: HISTCHIL Unclassified (not analysed)
TPL-OsC: SA OLD (variant A: [1852]; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
UFBL: 39h272 (not analysed)
HUWL: Juv 856.12 (not analysed)
NAL: 60.R Box VII (xxii) (variant D: [1855]; stapled; on right upper corner of upper wrapper: "4")
NAL: 60.Y Box II (ii) (pasted to linen with original wrappers covered in linen and not readable; apparently variant C: [1853])
NAL: 60.X.233 (variant C: [1853]; on upper wrapper, pasted on foot, red bookseller's ticket: "MURRAY & STANESBY. | BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS & BOOKBINDERS."; bound with other titles of this and other series, tenth title, collective title: "London | Exhibn. | 1851 | Routledge")
NY-CUL: HISTCHIL Unclassified (not analysed)
TPL-OsC: SA OLD (variant A: [1852]; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
UFBL: 39h272 (not analysed)
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CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The old Cornish woman". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2275