History of our pets

pcb2901
pcb2901
TITLE
History of our pets.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
Domestic pets.
PUBLISHED
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859].
PRICE
6d.
1s.
AUTHOR
Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer)
Routledge, Warne, and Routledge (publisher)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
24,9x17,2 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 yellow paper; at head: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | PRICE SIXPENCE EACH."; at foot, inside the red frame: "LONDON: | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE."
Lower wrapper not analysed
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, possibly the same as pcb2482, engraved and printed in black by Evans, hand-coloured; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Comparison with pcb2482 (engraver)
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer; not analysed)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents state first edition in August 1859 and reissues until July 1867 with a total of 16000 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
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.396-98
COPIES
BoL-OpC: Opie M 326 (described as: "Routledge, Warne, & Routledge"; not analysed)
NYPL: *KH+ 1854 History 11-431 (described as: "Routledge, Warne, & Routledge ... Edmund Evans"; not analysed)
TRADE COPIES
Abbey Antiquarian Books: J46830 (on sale in April 2020; only partially analysed)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 378: "Mavor's toy books 3rd series, 1856 Aug. 4, 1st edition 4000", 378: "Aunt Mavor's toys 3rd series nos. 27 to 39. 1856 July 22 1st edition 4000. 1857 March 10, 2nd edition 2000. [...] McConnell - viz 31, 32, 28"; p. 509: "Mavor's Toys – History of our pets, 1859 Aug. 2, 2000. 1860 Sep. 1, 2000. 1862 Jan. 1, 2000. Oct. 21, 2000. 1863 Oct. 1, 2000. 1864 July 8, 2000. 1865 Sept. 1, 2000. 1867 July 23, 2000.")
OCLCN
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "History of our pets". In PiCoBoo, accessed November 14, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2901