Aunt Mavor's alphabet
pcb2541
TITLE
Aunt Mavor's alphabet.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Co., [1857].
PRICE
6d.
1s. : "Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers"
1s. : "Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers"
AUTHOR
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Untraced
Apparently no more on sale after 1859 (see Documents)
Source for attribution
Documents allow pcb2316 (hence this reissue) to be assigned to Dalziel as engravers
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September 1857 under the collective title "Aunt Mavor's toy books [...] 1 to 14 [...] mounted on cloth with cloth covers."
Listed in 1858 publishers' advertisements as no. 8 of 39 of the collective Aunt Mavor's toy books for little readers series (see pcb2602, variant B)
Missing from early 1859 publishers' advertisements of Aunt Mavor's toy books series, but still available "mounted with cloth, and cloth covers" (see pcb2672, variant A; pcb2657, variants A-B, etc.)
Missing, either plain or mounted with cloth, from late 1859 publishers' advertisements of Aunt Mavor's toy books for little readers (see pcb2600, variant B)
Apparently no more on sale after 1859 (see Documents)
Source for attribution
Documents allow pcb2316 (hence this reissue) to be assigned to Dalziel as engravers
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September 1857 under the collective title "Aunt Mavor's toy books [...] 1 to 14 [...] mounted on cloth with cloth covers."
Listed in 1858 publishers' advertisements as no. 8 of 39 of the collective Aunt Mavor's toy books for little readers series (see pcb2602, variant B)
Missing from early 1859 publishers' advertisements of Aunt Mavor's toy books series, but still available "mounted with cloth, and cloth covers" (see pcb2672, variant A; pcb2657, variants A-B, etc.)
Missing, either plain or mounted with cloth, from late 1859 publishers' advertisements of Aunt Mavor's toy books for little readers (see pcb2600, variant B)
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
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 859: "Aunt Mavor's alphabet 1862 March 3, 1st edition 10000. 1864 Jan. 11, 2nd edition 10000." [2006 Masaki, I.371: "Though it is uncertain that the latter record is for this title, I have not found another example of Aunt Mavor's alphabet."; note that, from late 1859, this title is missing from publishers' advertisements])
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 859: "Aunt Mavor's alphabet 1862 March 3, 1st edition 10000. 1864 Jan. 11, 2nd edition 10000." [2006 Masaki, I.371: "Though it is uncertain that the latter record is for this title, I have not found another example of Aunt Mavor's alphabet."; note that, from late 1859, this title is missing from publishers' advertisements])
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PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Aunt Mavor's alphabet". In PiCoBoo, accessed June 14, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2541