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The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858) -
The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858) -
The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858) -
The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858) -
The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858) -
The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858) -
The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858) -
The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858) -
The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy -
The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy -
The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy -
The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy -
The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy -
The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy -
The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy -
The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy
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The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858)
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The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858)
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The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858)
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The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858)
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The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858)
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The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858)
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The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858)
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The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858)
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The old woman and her pig. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865]. Variant C: [1864]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858)
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The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy
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The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy
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The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy
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The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy
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The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy
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The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy
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The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy
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The old woman and her pig. - London : George Routledge and Sons, [1865-1877]. Variant D: [1871]. Trade copy
TITLE
The old woman and her pig.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Co., [1858].
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865].
London : George Routledge & Sons, [1865-1877].
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859-1865].
London : George Routledge & Sons, [1865-1877].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
SERIES
PRICE
6d.
1s. : everlasting
1s. : everlasting
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
24,5x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, engraved and printed by Evans in black on one side of the sheet only and hand-coloured; first double spread (pp. 4-5); text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Signature (engraver)
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents state first edition in January 1858 and reissues until July 1877 with a total of 26000 copies
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of April, 1858
24,5x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, engraved and printed by Evans in black on one side of the sheet only and hand-coloured; first double spread (pp. 4-5); text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Signature (engraver)
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents state first edition in January 1858 and reissues until July 1877 with a total of 26000 copies
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of April, 1858
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
The new publishers' address "Broadway, Ludgate Hill" was in use after January 1864 and, in connection with the caption caption "Routledge, Warne, and Routledge", until June 1865
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
The publishers' caption "Routledge, Warne, and Routledge" was in use after May 1859, when William Henry Warne died, aged only 37
The new publishers' address "Broadway, Ludgate Hill" was in use after January 1864 and, in connection with the caption caption "Routledge, Warne, and Routledge", until June 1865
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
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1858]: on dark blue paper; on upper wrapper, at head, engraved, in black: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | PRICE SIXPENCE EACH."; at foot, engraved, in red: "LONDON | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO"; lower wrapper with publishers' advertisements listing, inside a plain frame and under the fancy heading "Illustrated Juvenile Books", Aunt Mavor's Little Library titles nos. [1-8] [verificare numerazione], the last of which, Aunt Mavor's book of nursery rhymes (second series), was published in 1857 (Publishers' Circular (February 2, 1857), 71); at foot, printers' caption: "Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Raquet-court, Fleet-street.". Since title no. [9], History of five little pigs, published in September 1857, was not listed (Publishers' Circular (September 15, 1857), 395), this lower wrapper was set and printed before that but was used in association with this title, published by April 1858, as further confirmed by an accession stamp dated "24AP58" (BL: 12806.g.52(2/3))
Variant B
[1859]: on dark blue paper; on upper wrapper, at head, typeset: "AUNT MAVOR'S EVERLASTING TOY BOOKS. | PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH."; at foot, typeset: "LONDON: | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE"; lower wrapper not analysed; archival evidence of a new "edition" on April 1859
Variant C
[1864]: on yellow paper; on upper wrapper, at head, typeset: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | PRICE SIXPENCE EACH."; at foot, typeset: "LONDON: | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE"; lower wrapper with publishers' advertisements listing, inside a plain frame and under the plain heading "New Juvenile Books", eighteen pence and sixpence books and Aunt Mavor's Little Library titles nos. [1-4, 6-25], the last of which, Patty and her pitcher, was published in 1862; at foot, printers' caption: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET.". It bears the publishers' updated address ("LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL."), dating to the end of January 1864; archival evidence of new "editions" on April and October 1864
Variant D
[1871]: on yellow paper; on upper wrapper, at head, typeset: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | Price SIXPENCE; or Mounted on Linen, ONE SHILLING."; at foot, typeset: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS"; lower wrapper with publishers' advertisements listing Routledge's new sixpenny toy books titles nos. 37-40, *41-*42, 43-46, *48, 50-54, *55-*57, 58-70, *71-*74, 75-78, *79-*84, *86-*87, 92-98, the last of which, King Luckieboy's party, was published in 1871; no printers' caption; archival evidence of new "edition" on July 1870
[1858]: on dark blue paper; on upper wrapper, at head, engraved, in black: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | PRICE SIXPENCE EACH."; at foot, engraved, in red: "LONDON | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO"; lower wrapper with publishers' advertisements listing, inside a plain frame and under the fancy heading "Illustrated Juvenile Books", Aunt Mavor's Little Library titles nos. [1-8] [verificare numerazione], the last of which, Aunt Mavor's book of nursery rhymes (second series), was published in 1857 (Publishers' Circular (February 2, 1857), 71); at foot, printers' caption: "Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Raquet-court, Fleet-street.". Since title no. [9], History of five little pigs, published in September 1857, was not listed (Publishers' Circular (September 15, 1857), 395), this lower wrapper was set and printed before that but was used in association with this title, published by April 1858, as further confirmed by an accession stamp dated "24AP58" (BL: 12806.g.52(2/3))
Variant B
[1859]: on dark blue paper; on upper wrapper, at head, typeset: "AUNT MAVOR'S EVERLASTING TOY BOOKS. | PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH."; at foot, typeset: "LONDON: | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE"; lower wrapper not analysed; archival evidence of a new "edition" on April 1859
Variant C
[1864]: on yellow paper; on upper wrapper, at head, typeset: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | PRICE SIXPENCE EACH."; at foot, typeset: "LONDON: | ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE"; lower wrapper with publishers' advertisements listing, inside a plain frame and under the plain heading "New Juvenile Books", eighteen pence and sixpence books and Aunt Mavor's Little Library titles nos. [1-4, 6-25], the last of which, Patty and her pitcher, was published in 1862; at foot, printers' caption: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET.". It bears the publishers' updated address ("LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL."), dating to the end of January 1864; archival evidence of new "editions" on April and October 1864
Variant D
[1871]: on yellow paper; on upper wrapper, at head, typeset: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | Price SIXPENCE; or Mounted on Linen, ONE SHILLING."; at foot, typeset: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS"; lower wrapper with publishers' advertisements listing Routledge's new sixpenny toy books titles nos. 37-40, *41-*42, 43-46, *48, 50-54, *55-*57, 58-70, *71-*74, 75-78, *79-*84, *86-*87, 92-98, the last of which, King Luckieboy's party, was published in 1871; no printers' caption; archival evidence of new "edition" on July 1870
COPIES
BL: 12806.g.52. (variant A: [1858]; accession stamp dated 24AP58; same shelfmark for several boxes of items (this is second box, no. 3))
BL: 12806.g.52. (variant B: [1859]; not analysed; reproduced in Masaki, II:41 and described in Masaki I:409, but the description seems to mix details of the two copies)
NAL-ReC: B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858 (variant C: [1864]; inscribed and dated: "W.B. Bunting, with Aunt Sarah's best love, May 22nd 1869")
NY-CUL: HISTCHIL Unclassified (variant A: [1858]; described as: "London, G. Routledge [185-?] ... Imperfect copy: outside covers printed in inverse of text"; not analysed)
BL: 12806.g.52. (variant B: [1859]; not analysed; reproduced in Masaki, II:41 and described in Masaki I:409, but the description seems to mix details of the two copies)
NAL-ReC: B.LB.ROUT.WO.1858 (variant C: [1864]; inscribed and dated: "W.B. Bunting, with Aunt Sarah's best love, May 22nd 1869")
NY-CUL: HISTCHIL Unclassified (variant A: [1858]; described as: "London, G. Routledge [185-?] ... Imperfect copy: outside covers printed in inverse of text"; not analysed)
TRADE COPIES
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 8 (p. 390: "Old woman and her pig, 1858 Jan. 1, 1st ed. 4000")
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 382: "Old woman and her pig, 1859 April 1, 2000. 1860 Aug. 8, 2000. 1861 Oct. 12, 2000. 1862 Aug. 16, 2000. 1863 July 1, 2000. 1864 April 1, 2000. Oct. 18, 2000. 1865 Dec. 6, 2000. 1870 July 1, 2000. 1873 Jan. 1, 2000. 1877 July 1, 2000.")
UCL-RKP: RKP 8 (p. 390: "Old woman and her pig, 1858 Jan. 1, 1st ed. 4000")
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 382: "Old woman and her pig, 1859 April 1, 2000. 1860 Aug. 8, 2000. 1861 Oct. 12, 2000. 1862 Aug. 16, 2000. 1863 July 1, 2000. 1864 April 1, 2000. Oct. 18, 2000. 1865 Dec. 6, 2000. 1870 July 1, 2000. 1873 Jan. 1, 2000. 1877 July 1, 2000.")
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The old woman and her pig". In PiCoBoo, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb3336