Little Red Riding Hood
Notice: Undefined offset: 2 in /home/1064433.cloudwaysapps.com/aznwwwqgna/public_html/wp-content/themes/PiCoBoo/single-schede.php on line 104
pcb2849
TITLE
Little Red Riding Hood.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
Little Red Riding-Hood and the wicked wolf.
Little Red Riding-Hood and the wicked wolf.
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
24,5x16,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /home/1064433.cloudwaysapps.com/aznwwwqgna/public_html/wp-content/themes/PiCoBoo/single-schede.php on line 442
Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /home/1064433.cloudwaysapps.com/aznwwwqgna/public_html/wp-content/themes/PiCoBoo/single-schede.php on line 442
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents
1-8, text and wood-engraved vignettes
Illustrations
8 illustrations by Harrison Weir, signed with a heart-shaped monogram on pp. 1, 4-6 and with "HW" on p. 8, engraved and signed by Evans on pp. 1-4, 6-7, printed in red, yellow, brown, blue, pink and the black key by Evans; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Monogram (illustrator)
Signature (engraver)
Statement of responsibility (printer of wrappers and inside illustrations)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents
Between 1859 and 1866, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 25 of Aunt Mavor's toy books
After 1866, it was reissued as no. 5 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series (see pcb2851; see hereby, Documents: 1st edition as no. 5 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books, July 1866, with a print run of 5000 copies)
24,5x16,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /home/1064433.cloudwaysapps.com/aznwwwqgna/public_html/wp-content/themes/PiCoBoo/single-schede.php on line 442
Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /home/1064433.cloudwaysapps.com/aznwwwqgna/public_html/wp-content/themes/PiCoBoo/single-schede.php on line 442
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents
1-8, text and wood-engraved vignettes
Illustrations
8 illustrations by Harrison Weir, signed with a heart-shaped monogram on pp. 1, 4-6 and with "HW" on p. 8, engraved and signed by Evans on pp. 1-4, 6-7, printed in red, yellow, brown, blue, pink and the black key by Evans; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Monogram (illustrator)
Signature (engraver)
Statement of responsibility (printer of wrappers and inside illustrations)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents
Between 1859 and 1866, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 25 of Aunt Mavor's toy books
After 1866, it was reissued as no. 5 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series (see pcb2851; see hereby, Documents: 1st edition as no. 5 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books, July 1866, with a print run of 5000 copies)
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
[1859]: untraced
Variant B
[between April and July 1865]: upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in red and black on yellow paper; at head: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | PRICE SIXPENCE EACH."; at foot, inside the red frame: "LONDON: | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE."; specific for this title: title: "[black] LITTLE | [red, outlined in black] RED | RIDING HOOD."; picture from p. 1, signed by Harrison Weir with a heart-shaped monogram and by Evans; between April and July 1865 lower wrapper uniform for the series, same as pcb2672, variant D; at foot, inside the frame: "LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL."; at foot, outside the frame: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET."
[1859]: untraced
Variant B
[between April and July 1865]: upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in red and black on yellow paper; at head: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | PRICE SIXPENCE EACH."; at foot, inside the red frame: "LONDON: | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE."; specific for this title: title: "[black] LITTLE | [red, outlined in black] RED | RIDING HOOD."; picture from p. 1, signed by Harrison Weir with a heart-shaped monogram and by Evans; between April and July 1865 lower wrapper uniform for the series, same as pcb2672, variant D; at foot, inside the frame: "LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL."; at foot, outside the frame: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET."
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.389-390, II.C68 (BL: 12806.g.52.)
COPIES
BL: 12806.g.52. (variant B: [between April and July 1865]; accession stamp dated 10MA67; same shelfmark for several boxes of items (this is second box, no. 7))
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
OTHER VERSIONS
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Little Red Riding Hood". In PiCoBoo, accessed March 7, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2849