Children's books.
Contributors: Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906.; Gillot, Charles, 1853-1903.; Dickes, William, 1815-1892.; Bowen, C. E. 1817-1890.; Kronheim & Co.
Series: Warne's picture puzzle toy books; Aunt Louisa's London toy books; New series toy books
Published: 1865
Language: eng
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Notes: Title from spine of binding.  All stories in bound collection, except "Le bon toto et le méchant Tom" are without collective or separate t.p.

Date range based on dates for separate works in English Catalogue of Books and British Library Public Catalogue.

Several colour wood-engraved plates include areas printed in colour with metal.

Plates and leaves in the story "The lost lamb" are the same (except lacking leaf [6]) as those used in an edition of this story published separately in [1866] in the series "New series toy books" by The Religious Tract Society, and with the imprint:: "Kronheim and Co., London".  See McLean T 0102.  Plates in this edition are unsigned and without imprint.

Leaves in the story "A book of nonsense" are the same as leaves 4-9 and 28-33 in an edition of this title published in London in [1870] by Frederick Warne and Co. and in New York by Scribner, Welford and Co.  See McLean T 0162.

Line block illustrations in the title "Le bon Toto" are hand-coloured. T.p. leaf is with signature: "Gillot Sc." [i.e. Charles Gillot?] and one illustration is signed: "G.sc.".  Others are unsigned.  Published [1865] in Paris. Cf. British LIbrary Public Catalogue.

Leaves in the story "Country pets" (except lacking leaves [1] and 6) are the same as those used in an edition of this story published in "Aunt Louisa's birthday gift" in London by Frederick Warne and Co. and in New York by Scribner, Welford and Armstrong [ca. 1872].  See McLean T 0117.

Plates in the story "Country pets" are the same as those used in an edition of this story published separately [between 1868 and 1871] in the series "Aunt Louisa's London toy books" by Frederick Warne & Co.  See McLean T 0056.

Colour wood-engraved plates in the story "Cinderella" are with signature: "VB".

The stories "Our holidays" and "The horse" are part of the series "Warne's Picture Puzzle Toy Books".

Plates in the story "The horse" are the same as those used (except lacking last leaf of text) in an edition of this story published in "Warne's picture puzzle album" [ca. 1870] in London by Frederick Warne and Co. and in New York by Scribner, Welford and Co.  See McLean T 0134.

Plates in the story "Sing a song o'sixpence" are the same as those used in an edition of this story published in "Aunt Louisa's keepsake" in London by Frederick Warne and Co. and in New York by Scribner, Welford and Co. in 1868.  See McLean T 0122.

Plates in the story "The children's household pets" are with imprint: "William Dickes" or "W. Dickes".  Each plate is with four illustrations.  A few of these are with signature "Harrison Weir" or "H. Weir".

Leaves and plates in the story "The children's household pets" are the same (except lacking the first and last leaves of text) as those used in an edition of this story published in "Little folks' beauty pictures" by Ward, Lock, and Tyler in [1871].  Leaves of text include wood-engraved illustrations.  See McLean T 0163.

Plates (with some differences in colouring) and leaves in the story "Frisky the squirrel" (except lacking the first two and last leaves of text) are the same as those used in an edition of this title published in "Aunt Louisa's birthday gift" in London by Frederick Warne and Co. and in New York by Scribner, Welford and Armstrong [ca. 1872], where the author is identified on leaf [1] as "C. E. Bowen".  See McLean T 0117.

Plates in the stories "Frisky the squirrel" and "Birds and beasts" are with imprint: "Kronheim & Co., London.".

Leaves and plates in the story "Birds and beasts" are the same as those used in an edition of this story published separately in [1866] in the series "New series toy books" by The Religious Tract Society.  See McLean T 0075.

MASS copy : Bound in half green calf and green sand-grain cloth with spine tooled in gold.  Edges of calf tooled in blind.
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