Aunt Mavor's alphabet
pcb2380
TITLE
Aunt Mavor's alphabet.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Co., [1855].
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
24,5x17,5 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 pcb2352), on pinkish paper; specific for this title: "[fancy] AUNT MAVOR'S ALPHABET."
Lower wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2352), on pinkish paper
Illustrations
24 illustrations, already published in pcb2316, unsigned, printed in black on one side of the sheet only and hand-coloured; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Documents allow pcb2316 (hence this reissue) to be assigned to Dalziel as engravers
Source for date
Documents
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855
Advertisements
24,5x17,5 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 pcb2352), on pinkish paper; specific for this title: "[fancy] AUNT MAVOR'S ALPHABET."
Lower wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2352), on pinkish paper
Illustrations
24 illustrations, already published in pcb2316, unsigned, printed in black on one side of the sheet only and hand-coloured; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Documents allow pcb2316 (hence this reissue) to be assigned to Dalziel as engravers
Source for date
Documents
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855
Advertisements
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
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855 under the collective title "Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers, large coloured sixpenny books for children, with greatly improved illustrations, new types, and well coloured pictures, an entirely new series of 13 different books. Offered 13 for 4s."
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855 under the collective title "Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers, large coloured sixpenny books for children, with greatly improved illustrations, new types, and well coloured pictures, an entirely new series of 13 different books. Offered 13 for 4s."
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
ADVERTISEMENTS
Publishers' Circular (December 17, 1855), 511: see pcb2352
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.364: "Front covers of the first series of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers carry the series' title Aunt Mavor's picture books for little children except for titles adopted directly from the 1852 versions of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers", 365: "This series was recycled from Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers, and was listed in Aunt Mavor's toy books in 1857 as no. 1-13. Therefore the titles of AMLC-1-13 move straight forward to AM-1-13", 370-71
COPIES
BL: 12806.g.53(15) (accession stamp dated 6SE56; bound with other titles of the series, fifteenth title)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
OTHER VERSIONS
First published as
Alphabet of English things. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]
Included in
Aunt Mavor's present for a good little boy. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., 1856
Included in
Aunt Mavor's present for all good boys and girls. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., 1856
Reissued as
Aunt Mavor's alphabet. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]
Alphabet of English things. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]
Included in
Aunt Mavor's present for a good little boy. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., 1856
Included in
Aunt Mavor's present for all good boys and girls. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., 1856
Reissued as
Aunt Mavor's alphabet. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Aunt Mavor's alphabet". In PiCoBoo, accessed June 14, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2380