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A frog he would a-wooing go.

Title
A frog he would a-wooing go.
Publication
[London] : George Routledge & Sons, [1883]

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TextRestricted use *KH+ 1883 Caldecott 16-623Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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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
22, [2] p. : ill. (some col.); 21 x 24 cm.
Series Statement
  • R. Caldecott's picture books
  • Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886. Picture books.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Wood engravings – Color – Great Britain – 19th century.
  • Juvenile literature – Great Britain – London – 1883.
Note
  • Cover title.
  • Eleventh 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.
  • A version of the folk song with the "Anthony Rowley" refrain.
  • "Edmund Evans, engraver and printer, Racquet Court, Fleet Street, E.C."--Back cover.
  • The ill. are wood engravings by Evans after Caldecott, including 7 full-page printed in color (1 on front cover).
  • Issued in illustrated light beige paper covers.
  • Publisher's advertisement on back cover for "R. Caldecott's picture books" (1 shilling each), 12 titles; "R. Caldecott's picture books" (5 shillings each), vols. I and II and "Hey diddle diddle picture book"; and "R. Caldecott's Collection of pictures and songs."
Indexed In (note)
  • Osborne Coll.
Provenance (note)
  • Copy in *KH, with the bookseller's ticket, on the upper cover, "Trade Mark. William Whiteley. Universal Provider. Westbourne Grove, London, W."
Binding (note)
  • Copy in *KH bound in publisher's color printed pictorial wrappers.
Call Number
Arents BIP (Caldecott, R. Picture 1878) 99-25
LCCN
15002192 //r
OCLC
  • 52477385
  • NYPG99-B252
Title
A frog he would a-wooing go.
Imprint
[London] : George Routledge & Sons, [1883]
Series
R. Caldecott's picture books
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886. Picture books.
Indexed In:
Osborne Coll. I, p. 95
Local Note
Arents copy in case with spine title: Picture books / Caldecott.
Provenance
Copy in *KH, with the bookseller's ticket, on the upper cover, "Trade Mark. William Whiteley. Universal Provider. Westbourne Grove, London, W." NN
Binding
Copy in *KH bound in publisher's color printed pictorial wrappers. NN
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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.
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Caldecott, R. Picture 1878) 99-25
*KH+ 1883 Caldecott 16-623
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