Old Mother Hubbard.

London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859].

[London] : Edmund Evans.

Aunt Mavor's toy books [new series] : 34
Aunt Mavor's everlasting toy books

6d.
1s. : "Mounted with Cloth, and Cloth Covers"

Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer)
Routledge, Warne, and Routledge (publisher)

Toy book

Untraced
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, possibly the same as pcb2505, engraved and printed in black by Evans, hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Comparison with other titles of the series (engraver and printer)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents state first edition in August 1859 and reissues until September 1873 with a total of 22000 copies
Before 1859, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 8 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [third series] (see pcb2505)
Reissued as no. 47 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, but listed as such only in 1876

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

2006 Masaki, I.400-01

Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 508: "Mother Hubbard (Mavor's toys). 1859 Aug. 2, 2000. 1860 Aug. 8, 2000. 1861 Oct. 1, 2000. 1862 July 28, 2000. 1863 Jan. 26, 2000. 1864 Apr. 1, 2000. Oct. 18, 2000. 1867 July 23, 2000. 1870 July 1, 2000. 1872 Jan. 1, 2000. 1873 Sep. 22, 2000.")

First published as
Old Mother Hubbard. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]

https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2943

Francesca Tancini, "Old Mother Hubbard". In PiCoBoo, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2943