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The Death and Burial of Cock Robin. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1869]. Variant (3). Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.WARD.CO.1860S)
The Death and Burial of Cock Robin
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The Death and Burial of Cock Robin. - London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1869]. Variant (3). Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.WARD.CO.1860S)
TITLE
The Death and Burial of Cock Robin.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
The Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin.
First line
Who killed Cock Robin?.
The Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin.
First line
Who killed Cock Robin?.
PUBLISHED
London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1865].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
PRICE
1s.
AUTHOR
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), unpaginated
Illustrations
6 ills, one per page, signed 'Calvert Sc.' on pls 1, 3, 5–6, col. ptd on one side of the sheet (red, yellow, brown, pink, blue, black)
Text and decorative headpieces, ptd on one side of the sheet (red), face ills
Registering marks
Registering marks on pl. 3 (3 blue dots, lower left side) and possibly 1 (3 blue dots, upper left side, not visible)
Source for attribution
Signature (signed with same signature identified with the painter Edward Calvert (1799–1883; 2004 Darton), but more likely belonging to the Calvert described by George Augustus Sala (1828–1895) as publisher Edward Lloyd's chief engraver living '"over the water" in Belvedere Road, Lambeth' (1895 Sala, I.173–5; see 2012 Blake, 39).
Source for date
Advts
List of titles on low. and ins. wpr
BL accession stamp
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), unpaginated
Illustrations
6 ills, one per page, signed 'Calvert Sc.' on pls 1, 3, 5–6, col. ptd on one side of the sheet (red, yellow, brown, pink, blue, black)
Text and decorative headpieces, ptd on one side of the sheet (red), face ills
Registering marks
Registering marks on pl. 3 (3 blue dots, lower left side) and possibly 1 (3 blue dots, upper left side, not visible)
Source for attribution
Signature (signed with same signature identified with the painter Edward Calvert (1799–1883; 2004 Darton), but more likely belonging to the Calvert described by George Augustus Sala (1828–1895) as publisher Edward Lloyd's chief engraver living '"over the water" in Belvedere Road, Lambeth' (1895 Sala, I.173–5; see 2012 Blake, 39).
Source for date
Advts
List of titles on low. and ins. wpr
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
ADVERTISEMENTS
VARIANTS
Variant (1)
[1865]; up. wpr, unsigned, reproducing detail from pl. 3, col. ptd (red, blue, ochre, black) on brown paper; on up. wpr: 'ONE SHILLING. | THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF | [red, outlined in black and blank] COCK ROBIN | ... | LONDON: | WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER.'; low. wpr, col. ptd (ochre, black); on low. wpr, same publishers' advts as pcb307 (1) (a); blank ins. wpr; registering marks on pl. 3 (3 blue dots, lower left side) and possibly on pl. 1, but the state of the only traced copy for this version does not allow a clear statement
Variant (2)
[1865]; on up. wpr: 'One Shilling, Coloured. Indestructible Edition, on Strong Cloth, 2s. | ... | LONDON: | WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER.'; ins. wpr with publishers' advts, same as pcb307 (1) (b); registering marks on pls 1.6 (4 blue dots, upper left side) and 3 (4 blue dots, lower left side)
Variant (3)
[1869]; on up. wpr: 'One Shilling, Coloured. Indestructible Edition, on Strong Cloth, 2s. | ... | LONDON: WARD, LOCK, & TYLER, WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW.'; first and last ll. pasted to wpr; low. wpr with advts: 'BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR CHILDREN ... | WARD, LOCK, & TYLER'S NEW SHILLING | SERIES OF PAINTED TOY-BOOKS. | [last title listed is no. 10, The Naughty Puppies] | Just ready, | AUNT FANNY'S | SIXPENNY SERIES OF PAINTED TOY-BOOKS. | Punch and Judy. | Alphabet of Animals. | The Book of Animals. | Old Mother Hubbard. | Cock Robin. | Aunt Fanny's ABC. | WARWICK HOUSE TOY BOOKS. | [last title listed is no. 12, The Naughty Puppies, no. 13, Alphabet of Animals and Birds is listed as nearly ready] | THE NATIONAL NURSERY TALES. | [last title listed is no. 13, Beauty and the Beast] | THE CHILD'S PICTURE BIBLE STORIES. | [last title listed is no. 12, The Apostles' and Our Saviour's Teachings] | Now ready, | FRANK GOODCHILD'S LITTLE LIBRARY. | [last title listed is no. 10, The Cherry Orchard] | WARD, LOCK, & TYLER'S | INDESTRUCTIBLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN ... | [last title listed is no. 17, The Large Letters ABC] | CHARMING SERIES OF | NURSERY BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG. | [last title listed is no. 16, Little Mary] | THE LITTLE MARY SIXPENNY SERIES. | [last title listed is no. 8, Little Mary's Babes in the Wood] | NURSERY RHYMES, OLD AND NEW. | [last title listed is Comical Nursery Rhymes, Old and New] | HALF-HOURS WITH THE BIBLE. | [last title listed is no. 11, The Good Children of the Bible] | WARD, LOCK, & TYLER'S PICTURE FIRST BOOKS | A B C. | Easy Words. | Easy Spelling. | Easy Reading. | Just ready, | THE CHILD'S | NURSERY SERIES OF INSTRUCTIVE BOOKS. | […] | Nursery Picture Alphabet. | Nursery Picture Primer. | Nursery Picture Spelling Book. | Nursery Picture Reading Book. ... | London: WARD, LOCK, & TYLER, Warwick House, Paternoster Row. | EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET.'; the books listed were published in 1868–9 and Alphabet of Animals and Birds, no. 13 of Aunt Fanny’s Sixpenny Series of Painted Toy-Books, listed as 'nearly ready', was published in Nov. 1869
[1865]; up. wpr, unsigned, reproducing detail from pl. 3, col. ptd (red, blue, ochre, black) on brown paper; on up. wpr: 'ONE SHILLING. | THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF | [red, outlined in black and blank] COCK ROBIN | ... | LONDON: | WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER.'; low. wpr, col. ptd (ochre, black); on low. wpr, same publishers' advts as pcb307 (1) (a); blank ins. wpr; registering marks on pl. 3 (3 blue dots, lower left side) and possibly on pl. 1, but the state of the only traced copy for this version does not allow a clear statement
Variant (2)
[1865]; on up. wpr: 'One Shilling, Coloured. Indestructible Edition, on Strong Cloth, 2s. | ... | LONDON: | WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER.'; ins. wpr with publishers' advts, same as pcb307 (1) (b); registering marks on pls 1.6 (4 blue dots, upper left side) and 3 (4 blue dots, lower left side)
Variant (3)
[1869]; on up. wpr: 'One Shilling, Coloured. Indestructible Edition, on Strong Cloth, 2s. | ... | LONDON: WARD, LOCK, & TYLER, WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW.'; first and last ll. pasted to wpr; low. wpr with advts: 'BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR CHILDREN ... | WARD, LOCK, & TYLER'S NEW SHILLING | SERIES OF PAINTED TOY-BOOKS. | [last title listed is no. 10, The Naughty Puppies] | Just ready, | AUNT FANNY'S | SIXPENNY SERIES OF PAINTED TOY-BOOKS. | Punch and Judy. | Alphabet of Animals. | The Book of Animals. | Old Mother Hubbard. | Cock Robin. | Aunt Fanny's ABC. | WARWICK HOUSE TOY BOOKS. | [last title listed is no. 12, The Naughty Puppies, no. 13, Alphabet of Animals and Birds is listed as nearly ready] | THE NATIONAL NURSERY TALES. | [last title listed is no. 13, Beauty and the Beast] | THE CHILD'S PICTURE BIBLE STORIES. | [last title listed is no. 12, The Apostles' and Our Saviour's Teachings] | Now ready, | FRANK GOODCHILD'S LITTLE LIBRARY. | [last title listed is no. 10, The Cherry Orchard] | WARD, LOCK, & TYLER'S | INDESTRUCTIBLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN ... | [last title listed is no. 17, The Large Letters ABC] | CHARMING SERIES OF | NURSERY BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG. | [last title listed is no. 16, Little Mary] | THE LITTLE MARY SIXPENNY SERIES. | [last title listed is no. 8, Little Mary's Babes in the Wood] | NURSERY RHYMES, OLD AND NEW. | [last title listed is Comical Nursery Rhymes, Old and New] | HALF-HOURS WITH THE BIBLE. | [last title listed is no. 11, The Good Children of the Bible] | WARD, LOCK, & TYLER'S PICTURE FIRST BOOKS | A B C. | Easy Words. | Easy Spelling. | Easy Reading. | Just ready, | THE CHILD'S | NURSERY SERIES OF INSTRUCTIVE BOOKS. | […] | Nursery Picture Alphabet. | Nursery Picture Primer. | Nursery Picture Spelling Book. | Nursery Picture Reading Book. ... | London: WARD, LOCK, & TYLER, Warwick House, Paternoster Row. | EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET.'; the books listed were published in 1868–9 and Alphabet of Animals and Birds, no. 13 of Aunt Fanny’s Sixpenny Series of Painted Toy-Books, listed as 'nearly ready', was published in Nov. 1869
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 Tancini, I.213
COPIES
BL: RB.23.b.4277 (variant (1): [1865]; accession stamp dated 10OC65; rebound in 2003; gathering and alternation of pls and text is not consistent, probably the result of conservation and rebinding with new thread and different collation; Digital copy)
CUL: 146.3.3(2) (described as Ward, Lock, & Tyler's New Shilling Series of Painted Toy-Books, [1866]; n.a.)
CUL-WaC: Waddleton.b.9.887 (described as "Indestructible Edition"; dated [1865?]; n.a.)
PUL-CCL: 9949 (variant (2): [1865])
NAL-ReC: B.LB.WARD.CO.1860S (variant (3): [1869]; pls 3–4, 6 missing; from the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier)
CUL: 146.3.3(2) (described as Ward, Lock, & Tyler's New Shilling Series of Painted Toy-Books, [1866]; n.a.)
CUL-WaC: Waddleton.b.9.887 (described as "Indestructible Edition"; dated [1865?]; n.a.)
PUL-CCL: 9949 (variant (2): [1865])
NAL-ReC: B.LB.WARD.CO.1860S (variant (3): [1869]; pls 3–4, 6 missing; from the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier)
OTHER VERSIONS
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PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The Death and Burial of Cock Robin". In PiCoBoo, accessed June 14, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb613