Accession number
PML 86795
Creator
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Published
[London : George Routledge & Sons, Lim., ca. 1878-1886].
Credit line
Gift; Miss Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Caption title.
"One shilling" -- Cover.
Publisher's name from cover; Wakeman & Bridson, Guide to 19th century colour printers, p. 41, date this about 1878-86.
Small-format edition of title "Babes in the wood" published in 1879; probably printed, if not issued, between 1889, when Routledge became a limited liability company, and 1899, when F. Warne acquired much of the Routledge list.
"Miniature editions" of the first four Caldecott picture books (The house that Jack built, The diverting history of John Gilpin, An elegy on the death of a mad dog, and The babes in the wood) were advertised by F. Warne after that company acquired much of the Routledge list ca. 1899.
"London: Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans" -- P. [1] at end.
"One shilling" -- Cover.
Publisher's name from cover; Wakeman & Bridson, Guide to 19th century colour printers, p. 41, date this about 1878-86.
Small-format edition of title "Babes in the wood" published in 1879; probably printed, if not issued, between 1889, when Routledge became a limited liability company, and 1899, when F. Warne acquired much of the Routledge list.
"Miniature editions" of the first four Caldecott picture books (The house that Jack built, The diverting history of John Gilpin, An elegy on the death of a mad dog, and The babes in the wood) were advertised by F. Warne after that company acquired much of the Routledge list ca. 1899.
"London: Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans" -- P. [1] at end.
Description
31, [1] p. : ill. (some col.) (wood engravings) ; 14 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Cream wrappers printed in red, green blue and black; in green cloth slipcase with a tan title label.
Classification
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