peacock at home.
Contributors: Kronheim & Co.
Series: Routledge's shilling toy books -- no. 58
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons
Published: 1872
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Peacock "at home"
Notes: Title and publication statement from cover.

Date taken from Masaki, Tomoko. A history of Victorian popular picture books, 2006.

Authorship taken from British LIbrary Public Catalogue.

Colour wood-engraved plates are unsigned and without imprint.  Plates include areas printed in colour with metal.

"One Shilling: or, Mounted on Cloth, Two Shillings."--Cover.

Issued as number 58 in the series "Routledge's Shilling Toy Books". Text  and plates are printed by Kronheim & Co. Cf. Masaki, Tomoko. History of Victorian popular picture books.

First and last leaves pasted to cover.

Masaki, Tomoko. History of Victorian popular picture books, p. 662.

MASS copy: In original glazed pastel blue printed paper wrappers.  Upper wrapper printed in black, red, yellow and blue with titling within wood-engraved decorative border.  Upper cover with imprint: "Kronheim & Co., London.".  Lower wrapper printed in black with publisher's advertisement listing titles in "Routledge's Shilling Toy Books with large illustrations by H. S. Marks, J. D. Watson, H. Weir, and F. Keyl. Printed in Colours by Kronheim & Co., and Leighton Brothers.", the list including "58. The peacock at home".