St. Valentine's day
pcb2349
TITLE
St. Valentine's day : or, the conceited goldfinch.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Co., [1853].
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 1-7 [8]
Contents
1-7 text and wood-engraved vignettes; 7, at foot: "PRINTED BY STEWART AND MURRAY, OLD BAILEY."; [8], blank
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2275), on pinkish white paper; specific for this title: "ST. VALENTINE'S DAY; | [fancy] OR, THE CONCEITED GOLDFINCH."
1853 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant C, on pinkish white paper
Illustrations
7 illustrations, one per page, unsigned, printed in black by Stewart and Murray and hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (printer)
Documents (engraver)
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December 1852 as no. 14 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855 as no. 14 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers, first series
24,6x17,4 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-7 [8]
Contents
1-7 text and wood-engraved vignettes; 7, at foot: "PRINTED BY STEWART AND MURRAY, OLD BAILEY."; [8], blank
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2275), on pinkish white paper; specific for this title: "ST. VALENTINE'S DAY; | [fancy] OR, THE CONCEITED GOLDFINCH."
1853 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant C, on pinkish white paper
Illustrations
7 illustrations, one per page, unsigned, printed in black by Stewart and Murray and hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (printer)
Documents (engraver)
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December 1852 as no. 14 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855 as no. 14 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers, first series
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
2006 Masaki, I.363, II.D12
COPIES
BL: 12806.g.53(10) (accession stamp dated 19JA54; conjugated pages 6.7; bound with other titles of the series, tenth title)
NAL-ReC: 861.AA.6719 (not analysed)
NAL-ReC: 861.AA.6719 (not analysed)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
OTHER VERSIONS
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "St. Valentine's day". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2349