Dr. Watts's divine and moral songs

pcb785
pcb785
TITLE
Dr. Watts's divine and moral songs / the illustrations by J.V. Barret.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from advertisement
Watts's divine and moral songs.
Title from advertisement
Watts's divine & moral songs.
PUBLISHED
London : Dean & Son, [1855].
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
Barret, J.V. (James Vine?) (illustrator)
Dean & Son (printer and publisher)
DESCRIPTION
Size
24,5x16,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll. : [8] leaves of plates : ill.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn (binding thread between A4.5), unpaginated
2 leaves of publishers' advertisements, the same as pcb758
Illustrations
8 pages of text and illustrations after Barret, printed on one side of the sheet in black on white paper, hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility
Source for date
Printers' mark
Advertisements
List of titles on lower wrapper and endpapers
BL accession stamp
NOTES
First and last leaves pasted to wrappers
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
ADVERTISEMENTS
Publishers' Circular (November 1, 1855), 421: see pcb728
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1855]; pink wrappers; upper wrapper, reproducing illustration from page 1, framed, printed in black; on upper wrapper, at head, type-set series name: "Brother Sunshine's Series. | 13 sorts.] | See list at back of cover. | [6d. each."; at centre, pictorial title, the same as page 1: "Dr. Watts's | Divine and Moral Songs"; below the illustration, type-set caption: "The Illustrations by J.V. Barret."; at foot: "London: | Dean & Son, Printers, Lithographers, and Book and Print Publishers, 31, Ludgate Hill, | Three Doors West of Old Bailey. | Bible, Prayer Book, and Church Service Warehouse."; variant A of lower wrapper, pink, dated August 1855: see pcb758
Variant B
[1856]; green wrappers; same upper wrapper as variant A, with different captions at head: "13 sorts. See list at back of cover. 6d. each."; at foot: "Dean & Son, Printers, Lithographers, and Book and Print Publishers, 31, Ludgate Hill, | Three Doors West of Old Bailey."; variant D of lower wrapper, green, dated August 1856: lower wrapper printed in black; as variant A (see pcb758) but, outside the frame, on the left: "3000,8,56."; no leaves of publishers' advertisements inserted
COPIES
BL: C.194.b.70(11) (variant A: [1855]; accession stamp dated 1NO55; obsolete shelfmark: 12806.g.56.; copy rebound and re-sewn; with other 12 titles of the series)
UC: PZ161.W35D6 1856 (not analysed)
TRADE COPIES
David Miles Books (variant B: [1856]; sold before 2019; not analysed)
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Dr. Watts's divine and moral songs". In PiCoBoo, accessed November 14, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb785