Size24x17,5 cm
Format and pagination8° : 8 ll.
SignaturesA
8Signatures note1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents1-8, text and wood-engraved vignettes
Illustrations8 illustrations, signed "J. PORTCH" or "JULIAN PORTCH" on pp. 1, 3-8, engraved, signed "E. Evans" on pp. 4-5 and printed in red, light blue, yellow, ochre and the black key on one side of the sheet only by Evans; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attributionSignature (illustrator)
Signature (engraver)
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer)
Source for dateList of titles on lower wrapper
Documents
Before 1859, publishers' advertisements listed
pcb2647 (with same title, series name and number, but different contents) as no. 21 of the series
Even if the 1860 issue has not been traced, comparisons with other titles of the series allow to state that until 1865 inside illustrations were printed in black and hand-coloured and were printed in colour only after 1865
Reissued as no. 4 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series (see
pcb2802) and listed as such in publishers' advertisements since 1866 (see
pcb2635, variant B)