Pictures for our pets
- Imprint
- London (56, Paternoster Row ; 65, St. Paul's Churchyard ; And 164, Piccadilly) : The Religious Tract Society, [1879?] (London : J. and W. Rider, printers)
- Physical description
- 144 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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| Call number | Note | Status |
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| PZ7 .P53 1879 |
Note: Copy 2
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| PZ7 .P53 1879 |
Note: Copy 1
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Thomas, William Luson, 1830-1900 wood-engraver.
- Pearson, George, active 1850-1910, wood-engraver.
- Nicholls, G. P., wood-engraver.
- Lawton, S. L. H., former owner.
- Tomlinson, Annie, former owner.
- Religious Tract Society (Great Britain), publisher.
- Butterworth and Heath, wood-engraver.
- J. and W. Rider, printer.
Contents/Summary
- Contents
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- Pictures for our pets - home and country scenes, etc.
- Pictures for our pets - birds, beasts, and fishes. Bible pictures.
- Pictures from the Bible.
Subjects
- Genre
- Rib grain cloth bindings > England > 1870-1879.
- Children's books > England > 1870-1879.
- Poems > England > 1870-1879.
- Title page rule borders) > England > 1870-1879.
- Rule (layout feature) borders (ornament areas) > England > 1870-1879.
- Wood engravings (prints > England > 1870-1879.
- Cloth case bindings > England > 1870-1879.
- Panel stamp bindings > England > 1870-1879.
- Black (colour)-blocked bindings (gathered matter components > England > 1870-1879.
- Gold-blocked bindings (gathered matter components > England > 1870-1879.
- Gilt edges (gathered matter components > England > 1870-1879.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 1879
- Note
- Dated from inscription.
- Different copies may vary slightly in content.
- "A picture book-designed to afford pleasant pastime to little children, and to convey to their minds a few lessons of wisdom and piety. A text of Scripture, a simple rhyme, or a brief description, is given on each page, which may be suggestive to a parent or nurse of topics for conversation"--Title page verso.
- Contains: Pictures for our pets - home and country scenes, etc. and Pictures for our pets - birds, beasts, and fishes. Bible pictures. Continuously paginated.
- Title page and text printed within ruled border.
- Illustrated with wood-engravings engraved by G. Hewitt, Butterworth & Heath, Thomas, Pearson, and G.P. Nicholls.
- Note
- Special Collections & University Archives copy 1: Binding: green diagonal-rib-grain cloth over boards and panel stamp blocked with title and illustration in black and gold on top cover and spine, blocked in blind on bottom cover; with gilt edges and yellow coated endpapers. Cover illustration depicts a nature scene of two birds with a nest and a rabbit, and a center vignette of two children reading a book. Provenance: S.L.H. Lawton from William Hyland, Bridlington [?], 1879.
- Special Collections & University Archives copy 2: Binding: red patterned-sand grain cloth over boards and panel stamp blocked with title and illustration in black and gold on top cover and spine, blocked in blind on bottom cover; with gilt edges and yellow coated endpapers. Cover illustration depicts a boy drawing a bird on a wall, a girl with a hoop, and a vignette of two birds. Provenance: Annie Tomlinson (signature).
- Location
- England -- London.
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