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History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195) -
History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195) -
History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195) -
History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195) -
History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195) -
History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195)
History of Bluebeard
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History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195)
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History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195)
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History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195)
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History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195)
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History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195)
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History of Bluebeard. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p195)
TITLE
History of Bluebeard.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
Blue-beard.
Blue-beard.
PUBLISHED
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
PRICE
6d.
1s. : "Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers"
1s. : "Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers"
AUTHOR
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
24,1x17,7 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
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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; specific for this title: title: "[red, outlined in black] HISTORY | OF BLUEBEARD"; picture from p. 2
1859 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on pale yellow paper: "[fancy] New Juvenile Books. | AUNT MAVOR'S LITTLE LIBRARY. | Imperial 16mo, Sixpence each, with Fancy Covers; or with the Plates Coloured, or printed | on Linen, plain, One Shilling each. | [two columns, first: 1-8; second: 10-17, the last two of which, Tom Thumb's alphabet and The wonderful history of Old Mother Goose, published in 1859] | AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | Large 8vo, with Coloured Pictures and Fancy Covers, price Sixpence each. | [three columns, first: 2-5, 11-19, second: 20-31, third: 32-43] | AUNT MAVOR’S TOY BOOKS. | Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers, with Coloured Plates, price One Shilling each, viz.:– | [three columns, first] Old Cornish Woman. | Miss Hare and Miss Fox. | Little Polly's Doll House. | Reynard the Fox. | Mother Bunch's Evening Party. | [second] Victoria Alphabet. | Nursery Alphabet. | The Picture Gallery. | Aunt Mavor's Alphabet. | Charles Gray's Travels. | [third] Uncle Hugh's Country House. | Willie's Holiday. | The Cat's Tea Party. | Conceited Goldfinch. | 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 pcb2497, 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 (engraver and printer; also see pcb2497)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents state first edition in January 1860 and reissues until September 1873 with a total of 16000 copies
Before 1860, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 7 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [third series] (see pcb2497)
Reissued as no. 16 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, but apparently never listed as such in publishers' advertisements
24,1x17,7 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
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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; specific for this title: title: "[red, outlined in black] HISTORY | OF BLUEBEARD"; picture from p. 2
1859 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on pale yellow paper: "[fancy] New Juvenile Books. | AUNT MAVOR'S LITTLE LIBRARY. | Imperial 16mo, Sixpence each, with Fancy Covers; or with the Plates Coloured, or printed | on Linen, plain, One Shilling each. | [two columns, first: 1-8; second: 10-17, the last two of which, Tom Thumb's alphabet and The wonderful history of Old Mother Goose, published in 1859] | AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | Large 8vo, with Coloured Pictures and Fancy Covers, price Sixpence each. | [three columns, first: 2-5, 11-19, second: 20-31, third: 32-43] | AUNT MAVOR’S TOY BOOKS. | Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers, with Coloured Plates, price One Shilling each, viz.:– | [three columns, first] Old Cornish Woman. | Miss Hare and Miss Fox. | Little Polly's Doll House. | Reynard the Fox. | Mother Bunch's Evening Party. | [second] Victoria Alphabet. | Nursery Alphabet. | The Picture Gallery. | Aunt Mavor's Alphabet. | Charles Gray's Travels. | [third] Uncle Hugh's Country House. | Willie's Holiday. | The Cat's Tea Party. | Conceited Goldfinch. | 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 pcb2497, 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 (engraver and printer; also see pcb2497)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents state first edition in January 1860 and reissues until September 1873 with a total of 16000 copies
Before 1860, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 7 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [third series] (see pcb2497)
Reissued as no. 16 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, but apparently never listed as such in publishers' advertisements
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
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.400
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
OTHER VERSIONS
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "History of Bluebeard". In PiCoBoo, accessed February 8, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2935