• Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
Little dog Trusty

pcb2858
pcb2858
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
  • Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
TITLE
Little dog Trusty / by Maria Edgeworth.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
The little dog Trusty.
PUBLISHED
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
PRICE
6d.
1s. : "Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers"
AUTHOR
Edgeworth, Maria (writer)
Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer)
Routledge, Warne, and Routledge (publisher)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
24,5x17 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Covers
Upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in red and black on pale yellow paper, same as pcb2836, variant A, with engraved series name and publishers caption, but with rounded upper corners; specific for this title: title: "[red, outlined in black] LITTLE | DOG TRUSTY | [red] BY MARIA EDGEWORTH."; below the title, picture from p. 3
1859 lower wrapper uniform for the series, same as pcb2672, variant A, printed in black on pale yellow paper; at foot, inside the frame: "LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, FARRINGDON STREET."; at foot, outside the frame: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET."
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, possibly the same as pcb2478, engraved and printed in black by Evans, hand-coloured; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (writer; note that the text is not a verbatim version of Edgeworth's story with the same title published in The parent's assistant; or, stories for children. Part I, London: printed for J. Johnson, In St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1796)
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents state first edition in January 1859 and reissues until July 1871
Before 1859, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 1 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [third series] (see pcb2478)
Listed in all publishers' advertisements for the series until 1866
Before April 1865, publishers' caption states: "LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, FARRINGDON STREET."
Between April and July 1865, publishers' caption states: "LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL."
After July 1865, publishers' caption states: "LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL."
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
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.394
COPIES
BoL-OpC: Opie A 29 (dated by BoL: "[ca. 1862]"; not analysed)
CC: PR4644 .L47 (described as: "Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1858 ... Mounted on linen"; not analysed)
TPL-OsC: SB EDG (analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 283: "Little Dog's Trusty (Mavor's Toys), 1859 Jan. 3, 2000. 1860 July 2, 2000. 1861 Feb. 8, 2000. 1862 July 2, 2000. 1863 Oct. 1, 2000. 1864 May 11, 2000. 1871 July.")
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Little dog Trusty". In PiCoBoo, accessed June 14, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2858