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Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233) -
Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace
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Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
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Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.X.233)
TITLE
Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
The dolls of the Exhibition.
The dolls of 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
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2275); specific for this title: "DOLLS AND SIGHTS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE."
Lower wrapper: see variants
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. 12 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); specific for this title: "DOLLS AND SIGHTS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE."
Lower wrapper: see variants
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. 12 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 white paper
Variant B
[1852]: same as variant A, on light blue paper
[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.12, 19-21, 326, 360-61
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85
2006 Masaki, I.12, 19-21, 326, 360-61
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85
COPIES
BL: 12806.g.53(8) (variant B: [1852]; accession stamp dated 31OC54; bound with other titles of the series, eighth title)
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, ninth title, collective title: "London | Exhibn. | 1851 | Routledge")
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, ninth title, collective title: "London | Exhibn. | 1851 | Routledge")
OTHER VERSIONS
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Dolls and sights of the Crystal Palace". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2330