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The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS) -
The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS) -
The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS) -
The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS) -
The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS) -
The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS) -
The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS) -
The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS) -
The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS)
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The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS)
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The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS)
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The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS)
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The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS)
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The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS)
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The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS)
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The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS)
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The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS)
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The history of Tom Thumb. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT HIS)
TITLE
The history of Tom Thumb.
PUBLISHED
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859].
PRICE
6d.
1s. : "Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers"
1s. : "Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers"
AUTHOR
TYPOLOGY
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
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 of responsibility (printer of wrappers)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents
Before 1859, publishers' advertisements listed pcb2571 (with same title, series name and number, but different contents) as no. 15 of the series
Listed in all publishers' advertisements for the series until 1866
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
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 of responsibility (printer of wrappers)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents
Before 1859, publishers' advertisements listed pcb2571 (with same title, series name and number, but different contents) as no. 15 of the series
Listed in all publishers' advertisements for the series until 1866
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
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1859]: untraced
Variant B
[1859]: everlasting; upper wrapper printed in red and black on blue paper, mounted on cardboard, inside illustrations mounted on cloth; inserted in a red frame, at head, typeset series title: "AUNT MAVOR'S EVERLASTING TOY BOOKS. | PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH."; below, title and picture; below the picture, at foot: "LONDON: | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE."; specific for this title: title: "[black] THE HISTORY OF | [red, outlined in black] TOM THUMB"; picture from p. 8, with Tom riding a butterfly; lower wrapper printed in black on blue paper, with publishers' advertisements: "[fancy] JUVENILE WORKS, | PUBLISHED BY | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE. | In Super-royal 8vo, price Sixpence each, on Paper. | AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS FOR LITTLE READERS. | [series titles, two columns; first column, titles *12, *14-*27, 28; second column, titles *29-*32, 33, *34, 35, *36, 37, *38-*42, 43] | MARIA EDGEWORTH'S JUVENILE TALES | [...] | LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, FARRINGDON STREET."; outside the frame, at foot: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET."
[1859]: untraced
Variant B
[1859]: everlasting; upper wrapper printed in red and black on blue paper, mounted on cardboard, inside illustrations mounted on cloth; inserted in a red frame, at head, typeset series title: "AUNT MAVOR'S EVERLASTING TOY BOOKS. | PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH."; below, title and picture; below the picture, at foot: "LONDON: | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE."; specific for this title: title: "[black] THE HISTORY OF | [red, outlined in black] TOM THUMB"; picture from p. 8, with Tom riding a butterfly; lower wrapper printed in black on blue paper, with publishers' advertisements: "[fancy] JUVENILE WORKS, | PUBLISHED BY | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE. | In Super-royal 8vo, price Sixpence each, on Paper. | AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS FOR LITTLE READERS. | [series titles, two columns; first column, titles *12, *14-*27, 28; second column, titles *29-*32, 33, *34, 35, *36, 37, *38-*42, 43] | MARIA EDGEWORTH'S JUVENILE TALES | [...] | LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, FARRINGDON STREET."; outside the frame, at foot: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET."
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1975 Osborne, I.45
2006 Masaki, I.378-79
2006 Masaki, I.378-79
COPIES
NAL-ReC: B.LB.ROUT.TO.1860 (variant B: [1859])
PUL-CCL: 550 (variant B: [1859]; bookseller's ticket on front pastedowns: "T. W. Arthur, bookseller & stationer, 34 English Street, Carlisle")
TPL-OsC: FT HIS (variant B: [1859]; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
PUL-CCL: 550 (variant B: [1859]; bookseller's ticket on front pastedowns: "T. W. Arthur, bookseller & stationer, 34 English Street, Carlisle")
TPL-OsC: FT HIS (variant B: [1859]; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The history of Tom Thumb". In PiCoBoo, accessed March 7, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2600