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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257) -
A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257) -
A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257) -
A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257) -
A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257) -
A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257) -
A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257) -
A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257) -
A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257) -
A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257) -
A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257) -
A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
A laughter book for little folk
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
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A laughter book for little folk. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]. Variant B: [1859]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.W.257)
TITLE
A laughter book for little folk.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from lower wrapper
A laughter book for children.
Title from advertisement
A laughter book for little folk : with eighteen large coloured comic illustrations / by Madame de Chatelain.
A laughter book for children.
Title from advertisement
A laughter book for little folk : with eighteen large coloured comic illustrations / by Madame de Chatelain.
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)![]()
Routledge, Warne, and Routledge (publisher)![]()
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)
Routledge, Warne, and Routledge (publisher)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
21,5x17 cm
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September, 1857, as no. 6 of Routledge’s one shilling toy books (7 titles)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December, 1858, as no. 6 of Routledge’s one shilling toy books & funny books (13 titles)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of July, 1870, as no. 92 of Routledge’s new sixpenny toy books
21,5x17 cm
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September, 1857, as no. 6 of Routledge’s one shilling toy books (7 titles)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December, 1858, as no. 6 of Routledge’s one shilling toy books & funny books (13 titles)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of July, 1870, as no. 92 of Routledge’s new sixpenny toy books
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
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page
This publication reproduces a book with same title published by Cundall & Addey in 1850, itself borrowed from Georg Adolf Theodor Glassbrenner's Lachende Kinder, illustrated by Theodor Hosemann (Hamburgh, 1850)
Advertisement quoted as variant title is on the publishers' catalogue at the end of The red Eric (1862, BL: 1568/434), p. 106, under the heading: Routledge's shilling coloured toy books
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
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page
This publication reproduces a book with same title published by Cundall & Addey in 1850, itself borrowed from Georg Adolf Theodor Glassbrenner's Lachende Kinder, illustrated by Theodor Hosemann (Hamburgh, 1850)
Advertisement quoted as variant title is on the publishers' catalogue at the end of The red Eric (1862, BL: 1568/434), p. 106, under the heading: Routledge's shilling coloured toy books
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1857]: G. Routledge and Co.
Variant B
[1859]: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
[1857]: G. Routledge and Co.
Variant B
[1859]: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
COPIES
CUL-WaC: Waddleton.b.9.1018 (variant A: [1857]; described as: "London: George Routledge & Co., [ca 1855] ... Translated from the German of J. Bähr, illustrations based on those of T. Hosemann"; not analysed)
NAL: 60.W.257 (variant B: [1859]; described as: "London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge [c. 1865?] ... incl. illus. after T. Hosemann and cover by K. Meadows")
NAL: 60.W.257 (variant B: [1859]; described as: "London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge [c. 1865?] ... incl. illus. after T. Hosemann and cover by K. Meadows")
OTHER VERSIONS
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "A laughter book for little folk". In PiCoBoo, accessed June 14, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb3166