• The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
The Little Pussy-Cats

pcb594
pcb594
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
  • The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866]. Courtesy of The George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, San Francisco Public Library (BASC 3)
TITLE
The Little Pussy-Cats : What They Did, and What They Tried to Do.
VARIANT TITLE
First line
The Pussy-cat Family here you may see.
PUBLISHED
London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1866].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
PRICE
1s.
AUTHOR
Evans, Edmund (illustrator and engraver)
Votteler, Christian (illustrator)
Ward, Lock, & Tyler (publisher)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
25×20 cm
Format and pagination
4° : 12 ll. : 6 ll. text, [6] ll. pls : col. ill.
Signatures
A/C4 in 12s
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn (binding thread between C2.3, A1.4 pasted to B1.4); ll. text numbered I–VI
Covers
Up. wpr, unsigned, reproducing three vignettes, not included in the publication, also used for nos. 8 and 10, col. ptd (red, green, black) on yellow paper; on up. wpr: 'COLOURED PICTURES, PRICE 1s. INDESTRUCTIBLE EDITION. PRICE 2s. | [black] THE | [black, outlined in black] LITTLE PUSSY-CATS | [on the two sides of the upper vignette, inserted in scrolls, left] WHAT | THEY DID, | AND | [right] WHAT | THEY TRIED | TO DO | ... | LONDON : WARD, LOCK & TYLER, 158, FLEET STREET, E.C.'
Same low. wpr as pcb553
Same ins. wpr as pcb553
Illustrations
6 ills, one per page, unsigned, col. ptd on one side of the sheet (blue, pink, black), the other colours (yellow, dark red, light red, brown, dark blue, ochre) applied with the use of stencils and/or brushes
Text, ptd on one side of the sheet (black), faces ills
Source for attribution
Unsigned but stylistically close to nos. 8 (monogd C.V.) and 10 of this series
Source for date
BL accession stamp
NOTES
Title and publication information are from up. wpr, which serves as tp, and from publishers' advts on low. wpr
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 Tancini, I.213
COPIES
BL: 12806.h.100. (accession stamp dated 19MA66)
SFPL: FOX BASC 3 (inscribed on l. 1r: 'Nothing very extra'; Digital copy)
OCLCN
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The Little Pussy-Cats". In PiCoBoo, accessed June 14, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb594