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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Blue Beard / c.1882 |
| Date | c.1882 |
| Record ID | 214474 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McLB658P1981882 |
| Theme | Family and Relationships Crime and Punishment Morality, Manners and Consequences |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Toy and movable books Children's poetry Obedience Wife abuse Murder Clocks and watches |
| Genre | Folklore, Myths and Legends |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | André, Richard (1834-1907) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Chromolithographs Mechanical works Pictorial bindings (Binding) Printed boards (Binding) Juvenile literature--1882 Metamorphic pictures--1882 Folk tales--1882 Poems--1882 Color printing (Printing) Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [12] p., [24] pages of plates, [2] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 26 cm |
| Page Numbers | 12 , 24 ages of plates, 2 leaves of plates |
| Catalog Notes | Includes verse and prose versions of Charles Perrault's La barbe bleue. Title, imprint statement, and series transcribed from cover. Series statement appears between title and imprint statement. "Pantomime toy books. Retail 35 cents each. Five kinds. They contain five set scenes, and nine trick changes, making fourteen transformations in all, with ten pages of descriptive letter-press or story. They are elegantly printed in colors, and the transformations are the best that have ever been devised. Fancy stiff covers in colors. Royal 8vo."--description of series in McLoughlin Bros. catalogue for 1882-1883. In that year the series was listed among "New stock for the seasons of 1882 and 1883." The series was imitated from Dean's pantomime toy books, at least some of which were designed and illustrated by William Roger Snow (under the pseudonym "R. AndreÌ"). In center of text bears a double-plate spread in the form of a stage set. Smaller flaps, illustrated on both sides and sewn to center of double plate, fold over in succession to create new scenes. Last page blank; pasted to lower cover. Based on Dean & Son's pantomime toy books issued by the London publisher in 1880. The illustrations were by "Clifford Merton" (i.e., William Roger Snow, who also used the pseudonym "Richard AndreÌ"). See Thomas E. Blom, The secret lives of Richard AndreÌ (1990), p. 38. Illustration on lower cover signed "Bruton" (i.e., W. Bruton); cf. drawing in Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection, Beinecke Library, Yale University, GEN MSS 764, Oversize Box 34, Folder 536. |
| Linked Documents |
The Story Of Blue Beard / c.1901 Blue Beard / c.1863-1866 The History of Blue Beard / c.1875 Blue Beard / c.1879 Blue Beard / c.1884 History of Bluebeard / c.1858-1865 Blue Beard / 1864 Blue Beard / c.1867-1876 |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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