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Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405) -
Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405) -
Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405) -
Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405) -
Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405) -
Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405) -
Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405) -
Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405) -
Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405)
Puss in Boots
pcb2657
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Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405)
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Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405)
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Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405)
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Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405)
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Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405)
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Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405)
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Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405)
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Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405)
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Puss in Boots. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1859]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (861.AA.2405)
TITLE
Puss in Boots.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
Puss-in-Boots.
Puss-in-Boots.
PUBLISHED
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
PRICE
6d.
1s. : "Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers"
1s. : "Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers"
AUTHOR
Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer) ![]()
Routledge, Warne, and Routledge (publisher)![]()
Weir, Harrison (illustrator)![]()
Routledge, Warne, and Routledge (publisher)
Weir, Harrison (illustrator)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
24,5x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, pages 4-5 pasted to 3; paginated 1-8
Illustrations
8 illustrations, signed with the same heart-shaped monogram used by Harrison Weir in pcb2849, engraved and signed by Evans, printed by Evans 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
Monogram (illustrations, see pcb2849)
Signature (engraver)
Statement of responsibility (printer of wrappers)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Before 1859, publishers' advertisements listed pcb2655 (with same title, series name and number, but different contents) as no. 23 of the series
Reissued as no. 9 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series (see pcb2816), but apparently never listed as such in publishers' advertisements
24,5x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, pages 4-5 pasted to 3; paginated 1-8
Illustrations
8 illustrations, signed with the same heart-shaped monogram used by Harrison Weir in pcb2849, engraved and signed by Evans, printed by Evans 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
Monogram (illustrations, see pcb2849)
Signature (engraver)
Statement of responsibility (printer of wrappers)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Before 1859, publishers' advertisements listed pcb2655 (with same title, series name and number, but different contents) as no. 23 of the series
Reissued as no. 9 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series (see pcb2816), but apparently never listed as such in publishers' advertisements
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]: on paper: untraced
Variant B
[1859]: everlasting; upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in red and black on orange paper, mounted on cardboard, inside illustrations mounted on cloth; at head: "AUNT MAVOR'S EVERLASTING TOY BOOKS. | PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH."; at foot, inside the red frame: "LONDON: | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE."; 1859 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on orange paper: "[fancy] New Juvenile Books. | AUNT MAVOR’S TOY BOOKS. | Large 8vo, with Coloured Pictures and Fancy Covers, price Sixpence each. | [three columns, first: 2-5, 11-19, second: 20-31, third: 32-43] | AUNT MAVOR’S TOY BOOKS. | Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers, with Coloured Plates, price One Shilling each, viz.:– | [three columns, first] Old Cornish Woman. | Miss Hare and Miss Fox. | Little Polly's Doll House. | Reynard the Fox. | Mother Bunch's Evening Party. | [second] Victoria Alphabet. | Nursery Alphabet. | The Picture Gallery. | Aunt Mavor's Alphabet. | Charles Gray's Travels. | [third] Uncle Hugh's Country House. | Willie's Holiday. | The Cat's Tea Party. | Conceited Goldfinch. | ROUTLEDGE'S TWO-SHILLING BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS. | In Crown 8vo, with numerous Illustrations by ABSOLON, GILBERT, HARRISON WEIR […] | [titles 1-8] | NURSERY RHYMES FOR CHILDREN, ETC. | In Imperial 16mo, price One Shilling. With Fancy Cloth cover, printed in Colours. | […] | LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, FARRINGDON STREET."; at foot, outside the frame: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET."
[1859]: on paper: untraced
Variant B
[1859]: everlasting; upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in red and black on orange paper, mounted on cardboard, inside illustrations mounted on cloth; at head: "AUNT MAVOR'S EVERLASTING TOY BOOKS. | PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH."; at foot, inside the red frame: "LONDON: | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE."; 1859 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on orange paper: "[fancy] New Juvenile Books. | AUNT MAVOR’S TOY BOOKS. | Large 8vo, with Coloured Pictures and Fancy Covers, price Sixpence each. | [three columns, first: 2-5, 11-19, second: 20-31, third: 32-43] | AUNT MAVOR’S TOY BOOKS. | Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers, with Coloured Plates, price One Shilling each, viz.:– | [three columns, first] Old Cornish Woman. | Miss Hare and Miss Fox. | Little Polly's Doll House. | Reynard the Fox. | Mother Bunch's Evening Party. | [second] Victoria Alphabet. | Nursery Alphabet. | The Picture Gallery. | Aunt Mavor's Alphabet. | Charles Gray's Travels. | [third] Uncle Hugh's Country House. | Willie's Holiday. | The Cat's Tea Party. | Conceited Goldfinch. | ROUTLEDGE'S TWO-SHILLING BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS. | In Crown 8vo, with numerous Illustrations by ABSOLON, GILBERT, HARRISON WEIR […] | [titles 1-8] | NURSERY RHYMES FOR CHILDREN, ETC. | In Imperial 16mo, price One Shilling. With Fancy Cloth cover, printed in Colours. | […] | LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, FARRINGDON STREET."; at foot, outside the frame: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET."
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.387-88 ("Heart-shaped rebuses can be found on plates: Harrison Weir?")
COPIES
NAL-ReC: 861.AA.2405 (variant B: [1859]; inscribed with unreadable children's names; library description untraced)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
OTHER VERSIONS
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Puss in Boots". In PiCoBoo, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2657