Adventures with Animals

TITLE

Adventures with Animals.

PUBLISHED

London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1868].

PRINTED

London : W. Dickes.

SERIES

Warwick House toy books : 7

PRICE

1s.

AUTHOR

Dickes, William (printer)
Ferrier, Robert (engraver)
Harden, Sidney Melville (illustrator)
Thomas, William Luson (engraver)
Ward, Lock, & Tyler (publisher)
Wood, T.W. (illustrator)

TYPOLOGY

Toy book

DESCRIPTION

[10] leaves : col. ill. ; 27 cm
Covers
Upper wrapper, uniform for the titles printed by Dickes and published in 1868, printed in red, grey, yellow and the black key on white paper; on upper wrapper, inside a frame decorated with palms and crosses, at head, in a scroll: "Warwick House Toy Books"; at foot, in a panel: "London. | Ward. Lock & Tyler. | Warwick House. Paternoster Row."; outside the decorated frame, at foot, on the left: "W. Dickes, Sc. and Imp. London"; specific to this picturebook, at centre, inserted in an arch, decorated in red: "[red, shaded in black] Adventures | [black] with | [grey, shaded in black] Animals"
Lower wrapper, uniform for the titles printed by Dickes and published in 1868, printed in yellow and black on white paper; same decorated frame as upper wrapper, at head: "Warwick House Toy Books"; at centre, title list: "Adventures with Animals. | The Picture Robinson Crusoe. | The Children's Household Pets. | The Children's Picture Alphabet. | Home and Field Animals. | Choice Nursery Songs. | Famous Nursery Ballads. | Nursery Tales and Stories. | Popular Rhymes and Pretty Stories. | The Naughty Pussy Cats. | The Naughty Puppies. | Weir's Domestic Animals."; at foot: "London: Ward, Lock, & Tyler, | Warwick House, Paternoster Row."
Illustrations
Illustrations, two per page, signed "W. Dickes", printed in colour
Text and wood-engraved vignettes, signed "H.S. Melville" (Harden Sidney Melville), "J.W. Wood / W. Thomas Sc.", "J.W. Wood / Ferrier Sc.", printed in black

PRINTING TECHNIQUES

Chromo-lithography