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The butterfly's ball. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (28719) -
The butterfly's ball. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (28719) -
The butterfly's ball. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (28719) -
The butterfly's ball. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (28719)
The butterfly's ball
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The butterfly's ball. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (28719)
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The butterfly's ball. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (28719)
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The butterfly's ball. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (28719)
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The butterfly's ball. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (28719)
TITLE
The butterfly's ball.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
But-ter-fly's ball, and grass-hop-per's feast.
Title from page 1
Butterfly's ball, and grasshopper's feast.
But-ter-fly's ball, and grass-hop-per's feast.
Title from page 1
Butterfly's ball, and grasshopper's feast.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Co., [1854].
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
DESCRIPTION
Size
25x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
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1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents
1-8, text and wood-engraved vignettes
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2395), on light blue paper; specific for this title: "[fancy] THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL."
Lower wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2395), on light blue paper
Illustrations
8 illustrations, 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
Statement on the title page of the collective volume Aunt Mavor's nursery tales for good little people, gathering all the series' titles: "With one hundred coloured illustrations by Alfred Crowquill" (see 2006 Masaki, I.375ff.)
Source for date
Documents
Advertisements
25x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
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1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents
1-8, text and wood-engraved vignettes
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2395), on light blue paper; specific for this title: "[fancy] THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL."
Lower wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2395), on light blue paper
Illustrations
8 illustrations, 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
Statement on the title page of the collective volume Aunt Mavor's nursery tales for good little people, gathering all the series' titles: "With one hundred coloured illustrations by Alfred Crowquill" (see 2006 Masaki, I.375ff.)
Source for date
Documents
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
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
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.389-90, II.C6 (NAL-ReC copy, not traced)
COPIES
BL: 12806.g.55(11) (accession stamp dated 17AP55; bound with other titles of the series, eleventh title)
NAL-ReC: (quoted and reproduced in 2006 Masaki, II.C6; not analysed and yet untraced)
PUL-CCL: 28719 (inscribed on lower wrapper: "Mrs. Major, Cromwell House")
NAL-ReC: (quoted and reproduced in 2006 Masaki, II.C6; not analysed and yet untraced)
PUL-CCL: 28719 (inscribed on lower wrapper: "Mrs. Major, Cromwell House")
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
Drawings
Sotheby: English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations, 09/07/2019, lot no. 246 (32 ink on paper drawings on 16 sheets for Tom Thumb, The dog's dinner party, Puss in Boots and Butterfly's ball, and Grasshopper's feast, unsigned and undated, sold for £6,250 (estimate 3-5,000))
Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 8 (p. 127: "Aunt Mavor 2nd series 12 books [sic] 1854 Nov. 3, 1st edition 2000. 1855 March 13, 2nd edition 2000")
Sotheby: English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations, 09/07/2019, lot no. 246 (32 ink on paper drawings on 16 sheets for Tom Thumb, The dog's dinner party, Puss in Boots and Butterfly's ball, and Grasshopper's feast, unsigned and undated, sold for £6,250 (estimate 3-5,000))
Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 8 (p. 127: "Aunt Mavor 2nd series 12 books [sic] 1854 Nov. 3, 1st edition 2000. 1855 March 13, 2nd edition 2000")
OTHER VERSIONS
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The butterfly's ball". In PiCoBoo, accessed April 21, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2468