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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078) -
The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078) -
The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078) -
The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078) -
The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078) -
The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078) -
The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078) -
The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078) -
The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078) -
The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078) -
The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
The faithless parrot
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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
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The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant A: [1857]. Courtesy University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (23p2078)
TITLE
The faithless parrot / designed and narrated by Charles H. Bennett.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from advertisement
The faithless parrot : with large coloured illustrations by C.H. Bennett.
The faithless parrot : with large coloured illustrations by C.H. Bennett.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Co., [1857].
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859].
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
PRICE
1s.
AUTHOR
Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer) ![]()
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)![]()
Bennett, Charles Henry (writer and illustrator)![]()
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)
Bennett, Charles Henry (writer and illustrator)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
21,5x17 cm
Source for attribution
Signature (illustrator)
Signature (engraver)
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September, 1857, as no. 3 of Routledge’s one shilling toy books (7 titles)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December, 1858, as no. 3 of Routledge’s one shilling toy books & funny books (13 titles)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of July, 1866, as no. 16 of Routledge’s new sixpenny toy books (21 titles)
21,5x17 cm
Source for attribution
Signature (illustrator)
Signature (engraver)
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September, 1857, as no. 3 of Routledge’s one shilling toy books (7 titles)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December, 1858, as no. 3 of Routledge’s one shilling toy books & funny books (13 titles)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of July, 1866, as no. 16 of Routledge’s new sixpenny toy books (21 titles)
NOTES
The publishers' caption "Routledge & Co." was in use before November 1858, when George Routledge took his eldest son Robert Warne Routledge into partnership
The publishers' caption "Routledge, Warne, and Routledge" was in use after May 1859, when William Henry Warne died, aged only 37
Between November 1858 and May 1859 the publishers' caption "Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge" was in use
The publishers' caption "Routledge, Warne, and Routledge" was in use after May 1859, when William Henry Warne died, aged only 37
Between November 1858 and May 1859 the publishers' caption "Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge" was in use
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1857]: paper-over-board front and back covers printed in red and the blue key on greenish-blue paper; on front cover, at head, engraved and printed in blue: "ONE SHILLING OR ON CLOTH EIGHTEEN-PENCE."; at foot, engraved and printed in red and blue: "G. ROUTLEDGE & C LONDON"; on back cover, publishers' advertisements, framed: "NEW JUVENILE PUBLICATIONS. | ROUTLEDGE'S NEW TOY BOOKS [...] | [titles nos. 1-7] | ROUTLEDGE'S TWO-SHILLING BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS | [titles nos. 1-8] | LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND CO., FARRINGDON STREET."; at foot, outside the frame: "Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street."
Variant B
[1859]: not analysed
[1857]: paper-over-board front and back covers printed in red and the blue key on greenish-blue paper; on front cover, at head, engraved and printed in blue: "ONE SHILLING OR ON CLOTH EIGHTEEN-PENCE."; at foot, engraved and printed in red and blue: "G. ROUTLEDGE & C LONDON"; on back cover, publishers' advertisements, framed: "NEW JUVENILE PUBLICATIONS. | ROUTLEDGE'S NEW TOY BOOKS [...] | [titles nos. 1-7] | ROUTLEDGE'S TWO-SHILLING BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS | [titles nos. 1-8] | LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND CO., FARRINGDON STREET."; at foot, outside the frame: "Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street."
Variant B
[1859]: not analysed
COPIES
BL: 12807.f.23. (variant A: [1857]; not analysed)
HUHL: *44W-2326 (variant A: [1857]; described as: "London : G. Routledge and Co. / (Routledges' new toy books ; 3) [between 1858 and 1865] ... Printer's imprint on covers: Edmund Evans, engraver and printer. "One shilling"--P. [1] of covers. List of "New juvenile publications ... Routledges' new toy books," 1-5, and "Routledges' eighteenpenny books for young readers," 1-8: p. [4] of covers. Illustrations: Full-page wood engravings, printed in colors. Binding, publisher's, of yellow paper boards, illustrated in colors. Originally issued 1857?"; not analysed)
MUBL: 760.3/20 (variant A: [1857]; not analysed)
MUL: 820.8 B471 A6/F (variant A: [1857]; not analysed)
NLSA: FB 8270 UNESCO 30 (variant A: [1857]; not analysed)
NY-CUL: HISTCHIL Unclassified (variant A: [1857]; described as: "London, G. Routledge [185-] ... [16] p. illus."; not analysed)
NYPL: Arents SA 1182a (Bennett) (variant B: [1859]; described as: "London : G. Routledge and Co. ... Imprint on covers: London : Routledge, Warne and Routledge. ... Edmund Evans, engraver and printer ... "One shilling"--P. [1] of covers. List of "New juvenile publications ... Routledges' new toy books," 1-5, and "Routledges' eighteenpenny books for young readers," 1-8: p. [4] of covers. ... Binding, publisher's, of yellow paper boards, illustrated in colors. ... Provenance: Justin G. Schiller (bookplate)."; not analysed)
UFBL: 23p2078 (variant A: [1857]; described: "Baldwin Library copy inscribed date: 1863"; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
HUHL: *44W-2326 (variant A: [1857]; described as: "London : G. Routledge and Co. / (Routledges' new toy books ; 3) [between 1858 and 1865] ... Printer's imprint on covers: Edmund Evans, engraver and printer. "One shilling"--P. [1] of covers. List of "New juvenile publications ... Routledges' new toy books," 1-5, and "Routledges' eighteenpenny books for young readers," 1-8: p. [4] of covers. Illustrations: Full-page wood engravings, printed in colors. Binding, publisher's, of yellow paper boards, illustrated in colors. Originally issued 1857?"; not analysed)
MUBL: 760.3/20 (variant A: [1857]; not analysed)
MUL: 820.8 B471 A6/F (variant A: [1857]; not analysed)
NLSA: FB 8270 UNESCO 30 (variant A: [1857]; not analysed)
NY-CUL: HISTCHIL Unclassified (variant A: [1857]; described as: "London, G. Routledge [185-] ... [16] p. illus."; not analysed)
NYPL: Arents SA 1182a (Bennett) (variant B: [1859]; described as: "London : G. Routledge and Co. ... Imprint on covers: London : Routledge, Warne and Routledge. ... Edmund Evans, engraver and printer ... "One shilling"--P. [1] of covers. List of "New juvenile publications ... Routledges' new toy books," 1-5, and "Routledges' eighteenpenny books for young readers," 1-8: p. [4] of covers. ... Binding, publisher's, of yellow paper boards, illustrated in colors. ... Provenance: Justin G. Schiller (bookplate)."; not analysed)
UFBL: 23p2078 (variant A: [1857]; described: "Baldwin Library copy inscribed date: 1863"; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
OTHER VERSIONS
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The faithless parrot". In PiCoBoo, accessed July 11, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb3131