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Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
Uncle Nimrod's first visit
pcb2294
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Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Uncle Nimrod's first visit. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
TITLE
Uncle Nimrod's first visit.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
Uncle Nimrod's first visit to the Exhibition.
Uncle Nimrod's first visit to the 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: "UNCLE NIMROD'S FIRST VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION"; 8, at foot: "PRINTED BY STEWART AND MURRAY, OLD BAILEY."
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2275), printed in black; specific for this title: "UNCLE NIMROD'S FIRST VISIT."
Lower wrapper: see variants
Illustrations
19 illustrations, 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. 3 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; 1, at head: "UNCLE NIMROD'S FIRST VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION"; 8, at foot: "PRINTED BY STEWART AND MURRAY, OLD BAILEY."
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2275), printed in black; specific for this title: "UNCLE NIMROD'S FIRST VISIT."
Lower wrapper: see variants
Illustrations
19 illustrations, 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. 3 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
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1852]: lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant A, on blue paper
Variant B
[1852]: same as variant A, but on orange paper
[1852]: lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant A, on blue paper
Variant B
[1852]: same as variant A, but on orange paper
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1855 Dilke, 7
2006 Masaki, I.12, 19-21, 326, 354-55
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85
2006 Masaki, I.12, 19-21, 326, 354-55
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85
COPIES
BL: 12806.g.53(2) (variant B: [1852]; accession stamp dated 31OC54; bound with other titles of the series, second title)
NAL: 60.X.233 (variant A: [1852]; on upper wrapper, inscription with accession date: "26.11.67"; on right upper corner of upper wrapper: "47"; bound with other titles of this and other series, fourth title, collective title: "London | Exhibn. | 1851 | Routledge")
NAL: 60.X.233 (variant A: [1852]; on upper wrapper, inscription with accession date: "26.11.67"; on right upper corner of upper wrapper: "47"; bound with other titles of this and other series, fourth title, collective title: "London | Exhibn. | 1851 | Routledge")
OTHER VERSIONS
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Uncle Nimrod's first visit". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2294