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Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280) -
Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280) -
Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280) -
Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280) -
Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280) -
Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280) -
Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280)
Beauty and the Beast
pcb2784
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Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280)
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Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280)
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Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280)
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Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280)
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Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280)
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Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280)
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Beauty and the Beast. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.280)
TITLE
Beauty and the Beast.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866].
PRINTED
[London] : Leighton Brothers.
PRICE
6d.
1s. : mounted on cloth
1s. : mounted on cloth
AUTHOR
Evans, Edmund (engraver) ![]()
George Routledge & Sons (publisher)![]()
Leighton Brothers (printer)![]()
Weir, Harrison (illustrator)![]()
George Routledge & Sons (publisher)
Leighton Brothers (printer)
Weir, Harrison (illustrator)
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, same as pcb2620, by Harrison Weir, engraved by Evans (see pcb2620) and printed in red, yellow, blue, pink and the black key on one side of the sheet only by Leighton Brothers; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Monogram (illustrations, see pcb2849 and pcb2620)
Stylistic analysis (engraver, see pcb2620)
Statement of responsibility (printer)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents
Between 1860 and 1865, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 18 of Aunt Mavor's toy books (see pcb2620)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of July 1866 as no. 6 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, being withdrawn as no. 18 of Aunt Mavor's toy books series
Between 1866 and 1870, listed in publishers' advertisements as no. 6 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series
After 1868 became no. 46 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, listed as such in publishers' advertisements between 1871 and 1882
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, same as pcb2620, by Harrison Weir, engraved by Evans (see pcb2620) and printed in red, yellow, blue, pink and the black key on one side of the sheet only by Leighton Brothers; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Monogram (illustrations, see pcb2849 and pcb2620)
Stylistic analysis (engraver, see pcb2620)
Statement of responsibility (printer)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents
Between 1860 and 1865, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 18 of Aunt Mavor's toy books (see pcb2620)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of July 1866 as no. 6 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, being withdrawn as no. 18 of Aunt Mavor's toy books series
Between 1866 and 1870, listed in publishers' advertisements as no. 6 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series
After 1868 became no. 46 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, listed as such in publishers' advertisements between 1871 and 1882
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
Documents make no difference between this title as belonging to Aunt Mavor's toy books series or to Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
Documents make no difference between this title as belonging to Aunt Mavor's toy books series or to Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1866]: upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in red and black on yellow paper; inserted in decorated red frame, at head: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS."; inserted in a red banner: "SIXPENCE."; at centre, picture; at foot: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS."; specific for this title: title: "[red, outlined in black] BEAUTY | [black] AND | [red, outlined in black] THE BEAST"; picture from p. 8, signed with the same heart-shaped monogram used by Harrison Weir in pcb2849 and pcb2620; 1866 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on yellow paper; at foot, outside the frame: "LEIGHTON, BROTHERS, PRINTERS, MILFORD LANE, STRAND."
Variant B
[1866]: mounted on cloth, untraced
[1866]: upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in red and black on yellow paper; inserted in decorated red frame, at head: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS."; inserted in a red banner: "SIXPENCE."; at centre, picture; at foot: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS."; specific for this title: title: "[red, outlined in black] BEAUTY | [black] AND | [red, outlined in black] THE BEAST"; picture from p. 8, signed with the same heart-shaped monogram used by Harrison Weir in pcb2849 and pcb2620; 1866 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on yellow paper; at foot, outside the frame: "LEIGHTON, BROTHERS, PRINTERS, MILFORD LANE, STRAND."
Variant B
[1866]: mounted on cloth, untraced
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.498-499, II.B13 (NAL: 60.W.280 copy), C69 (idem: "Illustrated by Harrison Weir, because illustrations include the 'heart-shaped rebus' which Weir used for Little Red Riding Hood [no. 5 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books]")
COPIES
CUL: 144.2.14(5) (described as: "Aunt Mavor's toy books ... George Routledge & Sons"; not analysed)
NAL: 60.W.280 (variant A: [1866]; erroneously described as published by "Routledge, Warne and Routledge ... Edmund Evans")
NAL: 60.W.280 (variant A: [1866]; erroneously described as published by "Routledge, Warne and Routledge ... Edmund Evans")
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Beauty and the Beast". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 15, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2784