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The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xxi))
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xxi))

The cat's tea party

pcb2332

The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SA CAT)
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xxi))
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xxi))

TITLE

The cat's tea party.

VARIANT TITLE

Title from page 1
Miss Pusseycat's tea party.
Cover title
Miss Pusseycat's tea party (variant C).

PUBLISHED

London : George Routledge & Co., [1852].

PRINTED

[London] : Stewart and Murray.

SERIES

Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [first series] : 13

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
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. 13 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855 as no. 13 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers, first 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

PRINTING TECHNIQUES

Relief
Hand-colouring

VARIANTS

Variant A
[1852]: upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2275), on white paper; specific for this title: "THE CAT'S TEA PARTY."; 1852 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant A
Variant B
[1853]: same as variant A, on orange paper but, below title: "EIGHTH THOUSAND."; 1853 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant C
Variant C
[1855]: indestructible; wrappers printed on orange cloth, inside pages pasted on cloth; upper wrapper, same as variant A, on orange cloth, but title: "MISS PUSSEYCAT'S TEA PARTY."; 1855 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant D, on orange cloth; at foot, inside the decorated frame: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET. | NEW YORK: 18, BEEKMAN STREET."

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1855 Dilke, 7
2006 Masaki, I.12, 19-21, 326, 361-63, II.A4 (TPL-OsC but described as being NAL: 60.R Box VII (xxi)), C12 (TPL-OsC)
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85

COPIES

BL: 12806.g.53(9) (variant B: [1853]; accession stamp dated 31OC54; bound with other titles of the series, ninth title)
NAL: 60.R Box VII (xxi) (variant C: [1855]; on upper wrapper, inscribed: "Lucy Se<...>")
PUL-CCL: 7445591 (apparently variant C; not analysed)
TPL-OsC: SA CAT (variant A: [1852]; labelled on upper wrapper: "T.W. STRONG | No. ..."; Digital copy)

DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS

Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 8 (p. 17: "Dalziel a/c for engraving cuts &")

OTHER VERSIONS

Reissued as
The cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1855]
Reissued as
Miss Pussey Cat's tea party. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]

OCLCN

39503307

PERMALINK

https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2332

CITATION

Francesca Tancini, "The cat's tea party". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2332