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The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856) -
The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856) -
The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856) -
The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856) -
The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856) -
The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856)
The history of Blue Beard
pcb2497
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The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856)
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The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856)
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The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856)
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The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856)
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The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856)
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The history of Blue Beard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.BL.1856)
TITLE
The history of Blue Beard.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
Blue-Beard.
Blue-Beard.
PUBLISHED
London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
SERIES
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
25x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Covers
Upper wrapper printed in red and black on blue paper, same as pcb2479 but without the arched frame; specific for this title, plain lettering: "[black] THE | [red outlined in black] HISTORY [black] OF [red outlined in black] BLUE BEARD."
1856 lower wrapper, printed in black on blue paper, with publishers' advertisements, framed: "[fancy] Illustrated Juvenile Books, | PUBLISHED BY GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON-STREET. | MISS M'INTOSH'S JUVENILE WORKS. | In vols., fcap. 8vo, price 1s. 6d. in fancy boards; 2s. cloth lettered; or 2s. 6d. each, cloth, gilt edges. | [two columns, first] EVENINGS AT DONALDSON MANOR. | […] | CONQUEST AND SELF-CONQUEST; OR, | WHICH MAKES THE HERO? | With illustrations by John Gilbert. | PRAISE AND PRINCIPLE; OR, FOR WHAT | SHALL I LIVE? | With illustrations by John Gilbert. | [second] CHARMS AND COUNTER-CHARMS. | […] | GRACE AND ISABEL; OR, TO SEEM | AND TO BE. | With illustrations by John Gilbert. | JUVENILE TALES FOR ALL SEASONS; | […] Illustrated by Kenny Meadows. | […] | ROUTLEDGE'S ILLUSTRATED ONE SHILLING JUVENILES. | Printed in pott 8vo. This series have each Two or more Illustrations, and are strongly and neatly bound in cloth, with | gilt letterings. | [titles 1-22] | ROUTLEDGE'S SIXPENNY JUVENILES. | Printed in royal 32mo. With Illustrations. Neatly bound in cloth, with gilt letterings, or in fancy cloth and | coloured designs. | [titles 1-26] | LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON-STREET."; at foot, outside the frame: "Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Raquet-court, Fleet-street."
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, engraved and printed in black by Evans, hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of June 1856 as no. 33 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
Documents state first edition in July / August 1856 and reissues until March 1857
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September 1857 as no. 33 of Aunt Mavor's toy books
Reissued after 1860 as no. 33 of Aunt Mavor's toy books [new series] (see pcb2935)
Reissued as no. 16 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, but apparently never listed as such in publishers' advertisements
25x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Covers
Upper wrapper printed in red and black on blue paper, same as pcb2479 but without the arched frame; specific for this title, plain lettering: "[black] THE | [red outlined in black] HISTORY [black] OF [red outlined in black] BLUE BEARD."
1856 lower wrapper, printed in black on blue paper, with publishers' advertisements, framed: "[fancy] Illustrated Juvenile Books, | PUBLISHED BY GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON-STREET. | MISS M'INTOSH'S JUVENILE WORKS. | In vols., fcap. 8vo, price 1s. 6d. in fancy boards; 2s. cloth lettered; or 2s. 6d. each, cloth, gilt edges. | [two columns, first] EVENINGS AT DONALDSON MANOR. | […] | CONQUEST AND SELF-CONQUEST; OR, | WHICH MAKES THE HERO? | With illustrations by John Gilbert. | PRAISE AND PRINCIPLE; OR, FOR WHAT | SHALL I LIVE? | With illustrations by John Gilbert. | [second] CHARMS AND COUNTER-CHARMS. | […] | GRACE AND ISABEL; OR, TO SEEM | AND TO BE. | With illustrations by John Gilbert. | JUVENILE TALES FOR ALL SEASONS; | […] Illustrated by Kenny Meadows. | […] | ROUTLEDGE'S ILLUSTRATED ONE SHILLING JUVENILES. | Printed in pott 8vo. This series have each Two or more Illustrations, and are strongly and neatly bound in cloth, with | gilt letterings. | [titles 1-22] | ROUTLEDGE'S SIXPENNY JUVENILES. | Printed in royal 32mo. With Illustrations. Neatly bound in cloth, with gilt letterings, or in fancy cloth and | coloured designs. | [titles 1-26] | LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON-STREET."; at foot, outside the frame: "Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Raquet-court, Fleet-street."
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, engraved and printed in black by Evans, hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of June 1856 as no. 33 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
Documents state first edition in July / August 1856 and reissues until March 1857
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September 1857 as no. 33 of Aunt Mavor's toy books
Reissued after 1860 as no. 33 of Aunt Mavor's toy books [new series] (see pcb2935)
Reissued as no. 16 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, but apparently never listed as such in publishers' 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
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.393 (see pcb2478), 400
COPIES
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
OTHER VERSIONS
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The history of Blue Beard". In PiCoBoo, accessed June 14, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2497