Alphabet of foreign things
pcb2291
TITLE
Alphabet of foreign things.
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
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2275), printed in black on white paper; specific for this title: "ALPHABET OF FOREIGN THINGS."
1852 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant A, on white paper
Illustrations
24 illustrations, three per page, unsigned, printed in black by Stewart and Murray and hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Documents (engraver)
Comparison with other titles of the series (printer)
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December 1852 as no. 2 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
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
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2275), printed in black on white paper; specific for this title: "ALPHABET OF FOREIGN THINGS."
1852 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant A, on white paper
Illustrations
24 illustrations, three per page, unsigned, printed in black by Stewart and Murray and hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Documents (engraver)
Comparison with other titles of the series (printer)
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December 1852 as no. 2 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1855 Dilke, 7
2006 Masaki, I.353-54
2013 Auerbach-Hoffenberg, 158
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85
2006 Masaki, I.353-54
2013 Auerbach-Hoffenberg, 158
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85
COPIES
IULL: GR486.M46 A454 (on blue paper; "illustrations are by Alfred Henry Forrester, according to the BM (156:162)"; not analysed)
NAL: 60.X.233 ([1852]; on upper wrapper, pasted on foot, pink bookseller's ticket: "MURRAY & STANESBY. | BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS & BOOKBINDERS."; on upper wrapper, inscription with accession date: "26.11.67"; bound with other titles of this and other series, third title, collective title: "London | Exhibn. | 1851 | Routledge")
UFBL: 39p366 ("illustrations are by Alfred Henry Forrester, according to the BM (156:162)"; not analysed)
NAL: 60.X.233 ([1852]; on upper wrapper, pasted on foot, pink bookseller's ticket: "MURRAY & STANESBY. | BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS & BOOKBINDERS."; on upper wrapper, inscription with accession date: "26.11.67"; bound with other titles of this and other series, third title, collective title: "London | Exhibn. | 1851 | Routledge")
UFBL: 39p366 ("illustrations are by Alfred Henry Forrester, according to the BM (156:162)"; not analysed)
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CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Alphabet of foreign things". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2291