itional nursery songs of England
Subtitle: with pictures by eminent modern artists
By: edited by Felix Summerly.
Contributors: Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808-1882; Cundall, Joseph, 1818-1895; Horsley, John Callcott, 1817-1903; Webster, Thomas, 1800-1886; Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888; Mason, W. G. fl. 1842-1857; Whittingham, Charles, 1795-1876 (printer); Chiswick Press; Gregory, Collins & Reynolds; Bone & Son
Edition: Second edition, with numerous additions.
Series: Home treasury
Publisher: Joseph Cundall
Published: 1846
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.; Nursery rhymes.; Children's songs -- England.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Traditional nursery songs
Notes: "The Home Treasury."--T.p.

T.p. with monogram: "FS" [i.e. "Felix Summerly", a pseudonym of Sir Henry Cole].

"The Copyright of this Work is registered pursuant to Statute 5 and 6 Vic. c. 45."--T.p. verso.

Includes "Preface to the First Edition, Published in 1843.": p. [iii]-iv.

Part of the "Bound Series" in "The Home Treasury" series.  Cf. Publisher's advertisements on upper wrapper, copy 1 of McLean D 0079.

"The Home Treasury" series of children's books was produced by Sir Henry Cole and Joseph Cundall from 1843 to 1846.  The series was acquired by Chapman & Hall in 1846.  Cf. McLean, Ruari.  Joseph Cundall, 1976 and McLean, Ruari.  Victorian book design and colour printing, 1972.

With decorative wood-engraved initials and head-piece.

Most colour wood-engraved plates are unsigned.  One is signed "[W. G.?] ~ G. E. Mason" and another "JCH" [i.e. J. C. Horsley?].

The illustrators of the plates for the 1843 edition have been identified as J. C. Horsley, Thomas Webster and Richard Redgrave.  Cf. St. John, Judith.  The Osborne collection of early children's books, Vol. 1, p. 93.

Plates were probably printed by Gregory, Collins & Reynolds.  Cf. McLean, Ruari.  Victorian book design and colour printing,1972.

One plate is the same as that used hand-coloured in "The old story books of England", published in [1845] by Joseph Cundall.  See McLean D 0814.

MASS copy: Bound in pink bead-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind in the same design as McLean D 0379, McLean D 0387 and McLean D 0940. Covers blocked in blind with a decorative border design that includes the words "Fables", "Histories", "The Home Treasury", "Ballads", "Tales" and "Chapman and Hall".  Border design is after a design by Holbein for a binding in silver.  Cf.  McLean, Ruari.  Victorian book design and colour printing, p. 61.  Design blocked in blind was also used on the covers of McLean D 1018 and McLean D (W).  With binder's ticket: "Bound by  Bone & Son,  76,Fleet Street, London.".