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The babes in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy Roger Middleton -
The babes in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy Roger Middleton -
The babes in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy Roger Middleton
The babes in the wood
pcb2636
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The babes in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy Roger Middleton
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The babes in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy Roger Middleton
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The babes in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy Roger Middleton
TITLE
The babes in the wood.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Co., [1857].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
PRICE
6d.
1s.
1s.
AUTHOR
Crowquill, Alfred (Alfred Henry Forrester) (illustrator) ![]()
Evans, Edmund (printer)![]()
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)![]()
Evans, Edmund (printer)
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
25x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
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 (illustrator, inside illustrations, see pcb2432)
Statement of responsibility (printer of wrappers)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September 1857
Listed in 1858 publishers' advertisements as no. 20 of 39 of the collective Aunt Mavor's toy books for little readers series (see pcb2602, variant B)
Listed in all publishers' advertisements for the series until 1865 but, after 1860, it was substituted with pcb2635, with same title, series name and number, but different contents; all the same, this title was still on sale, hand-coloured, in 1865 (see hereby, variant B)
25x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
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 (illustrator, inside illustrations, see pcb2432)
Statement of responsibility (printer of wrappers)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September 1857
Listed in 1858 publishers' advertisements as no. 20 of 39 of the collective Aunt Mavor's toy books for little readers series (see pcb2602, variant B)
Listed in all publishers' advertisements for the series until 1865 but, after 1860, it was substituted with pcb2635, with same title, series name and number, but different contents; all the same, this title was still on sale, hand-coloured, in 1865 (see hereby, variant B)
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
[1857]: untraced
Variant B
[1865]: upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in red and black on yellow paper; inserted in red frame, at head: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | PRICE SIXPENCE EACH."; below, title; at centre, picture; at foot: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS"; specific for this title: title: "[red, outlined in black] THE BABES | IN THE WOOD"; picture from p. 1; 1865 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on yellow paper; at foot, outside the frame: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET."
[1857]: untraced
Variant B
[1865]: upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in red and black on yellow paper; inserted in red frame, at head: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | PRICE SIXPENCE EACH."; below, title; at centre, picture; at foot: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS"; specific for this title: title: "[red, outlined in black] THE BABES | IN THE WOOD"; picture from p. 1; 1865 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on yellow paper; at foot, outside the frame: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET."
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1975 Osborne, I.23
2006 Masaki, I.383-84
2006 Masaki, I.383-84
COPIES
TRADE COPIES
OTHER VERSIONS
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The babes in the wood". In PiCoBoo, accessed October 10, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2636