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Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
Alphabet of the Exhibition
pcb2312
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Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Alphabet of the Exhibition. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
TITLE
Alphabet of the Exhibition.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
Prince Albert's Exhibition alphabet.
Prince Albert's Exhibition alphabet.
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), on orange paper; specific for this title: "ALPHABET OF THE EXHIBITION."
1852 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant A, on orange paper
Illustrations
8 illustrations, one 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. 6 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
This is the only title that was not reissued in other Aunt Mavor's related-series
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), on orange paper; specific for this title: "ALPHABET OF THE EXHIBITION."
1852 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant A, on orange paper
Illustrations
8 illustrations, one 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. 6 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
This is the only title that was not reissued in other Aunt Mavor's related-series
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.12, 19-21, 356-57: "This title was the only one that was never used and recycled into Aunt Mavor's picture books for little children in 1855."
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85
2006 Masaki, I.12, 19-21, 356-57: "This title was the only one that was never used and recycled into Aunt Mavor's picture books for little children in 1855."
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85
COPIES
IULL: GR486.M46 A457 (buff paper; not analysed)
NAL: 60.X.233 ([1852]; bound with other titles of this and other series, second title, collective title: "London | Exhibn. | 1851 | Routledge")
NAL: 60.X.233 ([1852]; bound with other titles of this and other series, second title, collective title: "London | Exhibn. | 1851 | Routledge")
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Alphabet of the Exhibition". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2312