• The wonders of providence : 104th Psalm. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1866]. Variant A: [1866]. © British Library Board (12806.i.33.(4))
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TITLE
The wonders of providence : 104th Psalm.
PUBLISHED
London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1866].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
PRICE
1s.
AUTHOR
D.H.F. (illustrator)
Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer)
Frederick Warne & Co. (publisher)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
27x23 cm
Format and pagination
4° : 12 ll. : [6] leaves of text, [6] leaves of plates : col. ill.
Signatures
A/C12
Signatures note
Gathering A/B/C: A4, B4, C4
1 gathering, sewn (binding thread between C2.3), unpaginated
Illustrations
12 illustrations, two per page, monogrammed "DFH" on the fifth illustration, printed in colour on one side of the sheet only; each illustration includes a vertical panel, with caption and decorative head- and tail-pieces printed in red
Source for date
Advertisements
Reviews
List of titles on lower wrapper
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
ADVERTISEMENTS
Publishers' Circular (October 1, 1866), 567: see pcb991
Bookseller (December 12, 1866), 1043-1044: see pcb1046
Bookseller (December 31, 1866), 1318: see pcb991
Art Journal (January 1867), 32: see pcb991
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1866]: Same upper wrapper as pcb984, on pink paper; specific to this picturebook, at centre, not inserted in any panel, in red: "The"; three red panels, in black: "[upper panel, outlined in black] Wonders | [central] of | [lower panel, outlined in black] Providence | [not inserted in any panel, in red] 104th Psalm."; lower wrapper printed in black on pink paper, inserted in a frame, publishers' advertisements: "Warne's Juvenile Gift Books. | [two columns, first] Warne's Sixpenny 32mo Books. | Elegantly printed with new type, in modern style, cloth, gilt edges, | with coloured frontispiece (Kronheim's process). | Little Nettie; or, Home Sunshine. | Annie and Mary; or, Pride and Humility. | The Little Black Hen. | Maggie's Christmas; or, the Rose in the Desert. | Martha's Visit and its Result. | Gertude and Lily; or, Good Resolution. | Althea; or, Sunshine and Shade. | The Prince in Disguise; or, The Troubles of Austin May. | The Basket of Flowers; or, Piety and Truth Triumphant. | Robert Dawson; or, The Brave Spirit. | Babes in the Basket; or, Daph and her Charge. | Dairyman's Daughter. By the late Legh Richmond. | Jane Hudson; or, The Secret of Getting on in the World. | Ruth Elmer: a Tale for School Girls. | Philip and Arthur; or, the Chatterton Children. | ***A fourpenny edition is also published of the above, in fancy paper | covers, with plain illustrations. | Warne's Shilling Series of Juvenile Books. | Post 8vo, 128 pp., cloth gilt; with coloured illustrations, by J.D. Watson, &c. | Master Gregory's Cunning, and what He | Got by it. | Country Scenes and Other Tales. | Little Amy's Birthday, &c. By Harriet Myrtle. | The Pet Lamb, &c. | The Little Foundling, &c. | The Man of Snow, &c. | Karl Krinken; or, The Christmas Stocking. | Mr Rutherford's Children. | Second series. | Caspar; or, The Breakfast Table. | The Basket of Flowers. (Revised edition.) | Easy Rhymes and Simple Poems. | Ada Brenton; or, Plans for Life. | Ruth Clayton; a Book for Girls. | Sabbath Talks with Little Children. | Sabbath Talks about Jesus. | Fanny Lincoln; or, The Mountain Daisy. | The Children's Harp; or, Selected Poetry. | Nellie Gray; or, the Ups and Downs of Life. | Clara Woodward and her Day Dreams. | Frank Russell; or, Living for an Object. | My Earnings; or, The Story of Anne Ellison's Life. | [second column] Warne's Eighteenpenny Juveniles. | Pott [sic] 18mo, with original illustrations, cloth extra. | Truth and Falsehood. By the author of | "The Little Drummer." | Tales from Dreamland. By the Author of | "The Seven Little People." | Patient Henry: a Tale for Boys. | Tales for the Young. By Hans Christian | Andersen. | Allen and Harry; or, Set about it at once. | An Autumn at Karnford; or, Country | Life. | Georgie and Lizzie; or, Self-Denial. | Douglas Family; or, Friendship in Childhood. | Arnold Lee; or, Rich and Poor Children. | Warne's Two-Shilling Gift Books. | Fcap 8vo, with original illustrations, cloth gilt. | Evenings at Home. By Dr. Aiken and Mrs. | Barbauld. With gilt edges. | Day's Sandford and Merton. Ditto. | Robinson Crusoe. By De Foe [sic]. Ditto, ditto. | Poetry of the Best Authors. By | Anne Bowman. | How to Be Happy; or, Everyday Work. By | Catherine D. Bell. | Sundays at Encombe. By the Rev. H.C. Adams. | Mary Elliot; or, Kindness of Heart. By Catherine | D. Bell. | Louie Atterbury: a Book for Girls. | Adams' (Rev. H.C.) | Tales for Sunday Reading. | Price one shilling, in a handsome packet, 12 sorts, with illustrations, sewed; | or separately, one penny each. | Adam and Eve; or, the First Grave. | The Deluge; or, The Marriage of Salech. | The Tower of Babel; or, The Feast of Bel. | Melchizedek and Abraham; or, The | King's Meeting. | Sodom and Gomorrah; or, The Guilty Cities. | Abraham and Isaac; or, The Only Son. | Esau and Jacob; or, The Two Brothers. | Joseph and his Brethren; or, The | Egyptian Governor. | The Death of the First-Born; or, The Visitation. | Pharaoh's Overthrow; or, The Fall of the Egyptians. | &c., &c., &c. | [at centre] London: | Fred.k Warne & Co., | Bedford Street. Covent Garden. | [outside the frame] Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street."; registering marks on upper wrapper (2 red dots, top), plate 1 (5 black dots, upper right side) and 3.4 (5 black dots, centre)
Variant B
[1866]: Same upper wrapper as variant A; lower wrapper printed in bluish-black on pink paper, inserted in a frame, publishers' advertisements: "Warne's Nursery Literature. | [two columns, first] Warne's large picture toy books. | In large crown 4to, price 6d. each, with handsome wrappers; or mounted with | linen, each 1s. | Horses. Book of trades. | Dogs. Little Red Riding Hood. | Old Mother Hubbard and her dog. | Cock Robin's death and burial. | The children in the wood. | The Sunday A B C. | Edith's alphabet. | The object alphabet. | Jack in the box. | Others in preparation. | Warne's popular alphabets. | In demy 4to, 6d. each, sewed; or mounted, 1s. With entirely new designs | by Crane, Phiz, &c., printed in colours by Edmund Evans. | 1. The London alphabet. | 2. The country alphabet. | 3. The alphabet of games and sports. | Imperial 16mo, 320 pages. | A book of nursery tales. | A keepsake for the young. | A thoroughly revised edition, containing – | [two columns, first] Cinderella; or, the glass | slipper. | Jack the giant killer. | The sleeping beauty. | The yellow dwarf. | Red-Cap. | The giant with the golden | hairs. | Blue-Beard. | The three soldiers. | Snowdrop. | [second] The invisible prince. | Beauty and the Beast. | Prince Cherie. | Valentine and Orson. | The enchanted hind. | Blanche and Rosalind. | The white cat. | Goody Two-Shoes. | The golden goose. | The children in the wood. | Whittington and his cat. | [centre] Splendidly illustrated by Franklyn, Selous, John Gilbert &c., | and printed in first-class style by Clay. | Choice books for young children. | In imperial 8vo, price 2s. 6d. each, boards; or with the plates fully coloured, | cloth, gilt edges, 4s. | Little Lily's alphabet. With twenty-five large illustrations | by Oscar Pletsch. | In and out of school. Edited by L.V. With twenty-six large | original designs by Absolon. | ***These volumes are elegantly printed by Ballantyne, Roberts, and Co., | in their very best style. | A most successful child's book. | In oblong 8vo, price 3s. 6d., boards; or with the plates fully coloured, 6s. | The book of nonsense. By Edward Lear. The eighteenth | thousand. With upwards of one hundred plates. | Or in three different volumes, plain 1s., or coloured 2s., thirty-three plates in each. | [second column] Aunt Louisa's London toy books. | In demy 4to, 1s. each, stiff wrappers; or mounted, 2s. | Nursery rhymes. | A, apple-pie. | Childhood's happy hours. | The railway A B C. | ***With large original page plates by the first artists, in the very best style | of colour printing, with letter-press descriptions. | Aunt Louisa's Sunday books. | In demy 4to., 1s. each, stiff fancy cover; or mounted, 2s. | The proverbs of Solomon. With twelve original page plates. | Joseph and his brethren. With twelve original page plates. | Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, in his best style of colours. | Our favourite nursery rhymes. | In imperial 16mo, 6d. each, with illustrated covers, and numerous pictures; | or, with the plates fully coloured, 1s. | 1. Nursery rhymes and songs. | 2. Nursery rhymes, games, riddles, and charms. | 3. Old Mother Hubbard, and House that Jack built. | 4. Old Woman and her pig, and Frog that would | a-wooing go. | 5. Old Mother Goose, and History of Tom Thumb. | In demy 4to, elegantly gilt, 5s. | Aunt Louisa's London picture book. | With eighteenth pages of original plates printed in oil colours by Kronheim. | In royal 4to, price 5s., new illustrated cover. | Warne's picture playmate. | Being the large picture toys in one volume. With forty-eight pages of | illustrations, printed in colours. | In small 4to, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. | Our favourite nursery rhymes. | With upwards of one hundred illustrations, by Bayes, T. Dalziel, | and Zwecker, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. | In small 4to, price 3s. 6d., cloth gilt. | Nursery rhymes, tales, and jingles. | Printed in a unique style, with elegant borders and ornamental designs, including | seventy-six exquisite woodcuts by Cope, Horsely, Dyce, &c. | By the author of "The alphabet of flowers," in imperial 16mo, | price sixpence, sewed. | The alphabet of fruits. | With twenty-four large original illustrations by Absolon, from designs by the | author. | Also in cloth, gilt, with the plates finely coloured, 2s 6d. | [centre] London: Fredk Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden."
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1975 Osborne, II, 776: "ca. 1870"
COPIES
BL: 12806.i.33.(4). (variant A: [1866]; accession stamp dated 16AP68; note that the plates facing pp. [1-3] are on the left side and those facing pp. [4-6] are on the right)
BoL-OpC: Opie LL 69 (dated [ca. 1870]; not analysed)
CC: BS1450 104 .A6 1870 (dated [ca. 1870]; not analysed)
CUL: 1870.10.84 (dated 1866; not analysed)
CUL-WaC: Waddleton.b.9.1082 (dated 1866; upper wrapper missing; not analysed)
IULL: BS1450 104 .A6 1870 (dated [1870]; from the library of Elisabeth Ball; not analysed)
NYPL: *KH+ 1870 Bible 11-444 (dated [ca. 1870]; not analysed)
TPL-OsC: B WON (DRAWER FOLIO) (variant B: [1866]; ; note that the plates facing pp. [1-3] are on the right side and those facing pp. [4-6] are on the left; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
UCLA: BS1450 104th 1870 (dated [ca. 1870]; described as having yellow wrappers; not analysed)
USM-DeG: BS1450 104 .A6 1870 (dated [ca. 1870]; not analysed)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
Drawings
BM: 1933,0411.47 (ink, watercolour and graphite on paper drawing by Walter Crane for plate 1; inscribed "The young lions roar after | their prey and seek their | meat from God. | The sun ariseth, they gather | themselves together, and lay | them down in their dens. | Man goeth forth to his | work and to his labour | untill [sic] the evening."; modern setting, hence following HUHL one; not used)
HUHL-CMP: TypDr 905.C304.10 Sz1 (ink, watercolour and graphite on paper drawing by Walter Crane for plate 1; inscribed "The young lions roar after | their prey and seek their | meat from God. | The sun ariseth, they gather | themselves together, and lay | them down in their dens. | Man goeth forth to his | work and to his labour | untill [sic] the evening."; inscribed "Walter Crane"; from a scrapbook owned by Edmund Evans; originally from Justin G. Schiller; Biblical setting, hence preceding BM one; dated by HUHL [1910?])
Documents
JRUL: WCA/2/2/2/1 (Walter Crane's journal for 1864-1867 with references to Proverbs of Solomon: f. 6r, March 17: "Order from E. Evans Esq. 1. Alphabet of games Country alphabet (12 blocks) 2. Proverbs of Solomon (12 blocks) sketches shown 3. 104th Psalm (12 blocks)"; March 18: "Worked at 104th Psalm & Proverbs"; f. 6v, March 20: "Took in 2 Psalm & 2 Proverbs sketches to Evans"; March 23: "Sketches for Psalm & Proverbs to be treated in modern way. Worked at them & A B Country alphabet up to 11:30pm"; March 24: "At Evans's at 10am delivered A B No. 3 & 3 sketches (Psalms & Proverb)"; f. 7r, March 29: "Note from Evans. Order for 12 Psalm & 12 Proverbs cancelled")
KEYWORDS
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The wonders of providence". In PiCoBoo, accessed April 21, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb992


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