• Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
Cock Robin and Jenny Wren
pcb2508
pcb2508
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (NR COC)
TITLE
Cock Robin and Jenny Wren.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
Cock Robin.
PUBLISHED
London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
SERIES
Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [third series] : 10
Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers : 36
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer)
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)
TYPOLOGY
Toy book
DESCRIPTION
Size
25x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Covers
Upper wrapper as pcb2479, on blue paper; specific for this title, plain lettering: "[black] COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN."
1856 lower wrapper, same as pcb2482, variant B, printed in black on blue paper; at foot, inside the frame: "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
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of June 1856 as no. 36 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. 36 of Aunt Mavor's toy books
Reissued after 1860 as no. 36 of Aunt Mavor's toy books [new series] (see pcb2955)
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
Chromo-relief
Relief
Hand-colouring
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.393 (see pcb2478), 402-03
COPIES
TPL-OsC: NR COC (analysed through digital reproductions; Digital copy)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 331: "Mavor's toy books 3rd series, 1856 Aug. 4, 1st edition 4000", 378: "Aunt Mavor's toys 3rd series nos. 27 to 39. 1856 July 22 1st edition 4000. 1857 March 10, 2nd edition 2000.")
OTHER VERSIONS
Reissued as
Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]
OCLCN
63105440
PERMALINK
https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2508
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Cock Robin and Jenny Wren". In PiCoBoo, accessed June 14, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2508