• The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
The Exhibition and grand London sights
pcb2320
pcb2320
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
  • The Exhibition and grand London sights. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant B: [1852]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
TITLE
The Exhibition and grand London sights.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Co., [1852].
PRINTED
[London] : Stewart and Murray.
SERIES
Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [first series] : 10
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
Dalziel Brothers (engraver)
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)
Stewart and Murray (printer)
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 white paper; specific for this title: "THE EXHIBITION AND GRAND LONDON SIGHTS."
Lower wrapper: see variants
Illustrations
16 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. 10 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
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
Relief
Hand-colouring
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1852]: lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant A, on white paper
Variant B
[1852]: same as variant A, on light blue paper
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1855 Dilke, 7
2006 Masaki, I.359-60
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85
COPIES
NAL: 60.X.233 (variant A: [1852]; on upper wrapper, inscription with accession date: "26.11.67"; bound with other titles of this and other series, first title, collective title: "London | Exhibn. | 1851 | Routledge")
PUL-CCL: 22344 (variant B: [1852]; inscribed on upper wrapper: "Emmy")
UFBL: 39p189 (not analysed)
YCBA: DA683 E85 1856 (not analysed)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 8 (p. 17: "Dalziel a/c for engraving cuts &")
OTHER VERSIONS
Reissued as
Willie's holiday. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1855]
Reissued as
Willie's holiday. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]
OCLCN
1012006292
PERMALINK
https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2320
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The Exhibition and grand London sights". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2320