Sir Hornbook
Subtitle: or, Childe Launcelot's expedition : a grammatico-allegorical ballad.
Contributors: Corbould, H. 1787-1844; Cundall, Joseph, 1818-1895; Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808-1882; Whittingham, Charles, 1795-1876 (printer); Chiswick Press
Edition: New edition.
Series: Home treasury
Publisher: Joseph Cundall
Published: 1843
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Childe Launcelot's expedition
Notes: Lithographed plates are printed in brown and hand-coloured.  All are unsigned and all are with captions.

Illustrations are by H. Corbould.  Cf. Cole, Henry. Fifty years of public work of Sir Henry Cole, 1884.

Includes decorative wood-engraved head-piece.

Part of "The Home Treasury" series of children's books produced by Henry Cole [pseud. "Felix Summerly"] and Joseph Cundall from 1843 to 1846.  Cf. McLean, Ruari.  Joseph Cundall, 1976 and McLean, Ruari.  Victorian book design and colour printing, 1972.

Sheets are the same as the story in "Faery tales and ballads",  part of the "Bound Series" in "The Home Treasury"  series published in 1846 by Joseph Cundall. See McLean D 0379.  Cf. Publisher's advertisements on upper wrapper, copy 1 of McLean D 0079.

Author's name taken from The Osborne collection of early children's books, Vol. II, 1975.

The Osborne collection of early children's books, Vol. II, p. 729.

MASS copy: Bound in half black calf and marbled paper-covered boards.  Spine with title tooled in gold.  Edges of calf blocked in blind.  With ownership inscription: "Agnes Gibbings".  With illuminated ownership inscription: "E B Parker".  Lacking t.p.