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An elegy on the death of a mad dog

Title
An elegy on the death of a mad dog / written by Dr. Goldsmith ; pictured by R. Caldecott ; sung by Master Bill Primrose.
Author
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.
Publication
[London] : George Routledge and Sons, [1879]

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TextRestricted use *KH+ 1879 Caldecott 16-615Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
TextRestricted use Arents BIP (Caldecott, R. Picture 1878) 99-25Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886
  • Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
  • George Routledge and Sons
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
30, [2] p. : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.
Series Statement
  • One of R. Caldecott's picture books
  • Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886. Picture books.
Alternative Title
Mad dog
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Wood engravings – Color – Great Britain – 19th century.
  • Juvenile literature – Great Britain – London – 1879.
Note
  • Imprint from cover.
  • Third in Caldecott's shilling series of 16 picture books published 1878-1885. For date of publication, cf. English children's books, 1600 to 1900 / by Percy Muir. 1954. p. 199-200. Cf. also Hardie, M. English coloured books, p. 281-282. Osborne Coll. gives date as 1880.
  • "Edmund Evans, engraver and printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street"--Back cover.
  • The ill. are wood engravings by Evans after Caldecott, including 9 full-page printed in color (1 on front cover).
  • Issued in illustrated yellow paper covers, counted in collation, with first and last leaf pasted to inside of covers.
  • Arents copy has publisher's advertisement on back cover: "Routledge's shilling toy books," nos. 1-79, with gaps (Walter Crane's titles listed separately), listing "R. Caldecott's picture books" (The house that Jack built, John Gilpin, Elegy on a mad dog, and The babes in the wood), unnumbered, at end.
Indexed In (note)
  • Osborne Coll.
Call Number
Arents BIP (Caldecott, R. Picture 1878) 99-25
LCCN
15002186
OCLC
NYPG99-B240
Author
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.
Title
An elegy on the death of a mad dog / written by Dr. Goldsmith ; pictured by R. Caldecott ; sung by Master Bill Primrose.
Imprint
[London] : George Routledge and Sons, [1879]
Series
One of R. Caldecott's picture books
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886. Picture books.
Indexed In:
Osborne Coll. I, p. 64
Local Note
Arents copy: Paper covers pasted on inverted.
Arents copy in case with spine title: Picture books / Caldecott.
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Added Author
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886, illustrator
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905, engraver
George Routledge and Sons, publisher
Children's Room Collection.
Cover Title
Mad dog
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Caldecott, R. Picture 1878) 99-25
*KH+ 1879 Caldecott 16-615
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