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The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282) -
The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282) -
The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282) -
The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282) -
The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282) -
The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282)
The children in the wood
pcb2801
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The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282)
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The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282)
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The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282)
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The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282)
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The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282)
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The children in the wood. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]. Variant B: [1867]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.282)
TITLE
The children in the wood.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
The babes in the wood.
The babes in the wood.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866].
PRINTED
[London] : Leighton Brothers.
SERIES
PRICE
6d.
1s. : mounted on cloth
1s. : mounted on cloth
AUTHOR
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 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
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. 20 of Aunt Mavor's toy books (see pcb2636)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of July 1866 as no. 12 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series
Between 1866 and 1870, listed in publishers' advertisements as no. 12 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series
After 1868 became no. 52 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, listed as such in publishers' advertisements between 1872 and 1874 and then again between 1878 until 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, unsigned, 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
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. 20 of Aunt Mavor's toy books (see pcb2636)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of July 1866 as no. 12 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series
Between 1866 and 1870, listed in publishers' advertisements as no. 12 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series
After 1868 became no. 52 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, listed as such in publishers' advertisements between 1872 and 1874 and then again between 1878 until 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]: untraced
Variant B
[1867]: upper wrapper printed in red, blue and black on yellow paper; outside a decorated red frame with decorated roundels at the four corners, at head: "Mounted on Cloth, One Shilling."; inside the frame, inserted in a red banner: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS."; below, inserted in a red banner with decorated borders: "THE CHILDREN | IN THE WOOD."; at centre, inserted in a roundel, picture from p. 7; at foot, inserted in a red banner: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS."; 1867 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on yellow paper; at foot, inside the frame: "GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, | LONDON AND NEW YORK."; outside the frame: "LEIGHTON, BROTHERS."
[1866]: untraced
Variant B
[1867]: upper wrapper printed in red, blue and black on yellow paper; outside a decorated red frame with decorated roundels at the four corners, at head: "Mounted on Cloth, One Shilling."; inside the frame, inserted in a red banner: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS."; below, inserted in a red banner with decorated borders: "THE CHILDREN | IN THE WOOD."; at centre, inserted in a roundel, picture from p. 7; at foot, inserted in a red banner: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS."; 1867 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on yellow paper; at foot, inside the frame: "GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, | LONDON AND NEW YORK."; outside the frame: "LEIGHTON, BROTHERS."
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.502-503, II.C72 (NAL: 60.W.282)
COPIES
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The children in the wood". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 15, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2801