An elegy on the death of a mad dog

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

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FormatTextAccessRestricted useCall numberArents BIP (Caldecott, R. Picture 1878) 99-25Item locationSchwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328
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FormatTextAccessRestricted useCall number*KH+ 1879 Caldecott 16-615Item locationSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional authors
  1. Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886
  2. Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
  3. George Routledge and Sons
  4. Children's Room Collection.
Description
  1. 30, [2] p. : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.
Series statement
  1. One of R. Caldecott's picture books
  2. Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886. Picture books.
Alternative title
  1. Mad dog
Subject
  1. Wood engravings > Color > Great Britain > 19th century
  2. Children's poetry, English
  3. Juvenile literature > Great Britain > London > 1879
  4. Humorous poetry, English
Genre/Form
  1. Wood engravings – Color – Great Britain – 19th century.
  2. Juvenile literature – Great Britain – London – 1879.
Call number
  1. Arents BIP (Caldecott, R. Picture 1878) 99-25
Note
  1. Imprint from cover.
  2. 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.
  3. "Edmund Evans, engraver and printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street"--Back cover.
  4. The ill. are wood engravings by Evans after Caldecott, including 9 full-page printed in color (1 on front cover).
  5. Issued in illustrated yellow paper covers, counted in collation, with first and last leaf pasted to inside of covers.
  6. 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)
  1. Osborne Coll.
Author
  1. Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.
Title
  1. An elegy on the death of a mad dog / written by Dr. Goldsmith ; pictured by R. Caldecott ; sung by Master Bill Primrose.
Imprint
  1. [London] : George Routledge and Sons, [1879]
Series
  1. One of R. Caldecott's picture books
  2. Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886. Picture books.
Indexed in:
  1. Osborne Coll. I, p. 64
Local note
  1. Arents copy: Paper covers pasted on inverted.
  2. Arents copy in case with spine title: Picture books / Caldecott.
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Added author
  1. Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886, illustrator
  2. Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905, engraver
  3. George Routledge and Sons, publisher
  4. Children's Room Collection.
Cover title
  1. Mad dog
LCCN
  1. 15002186
Research call number
  1. Arents BIP (Caldecott, R. Picture 1878) 99-25
  2. *KH+ 1879 Caldecott 16-615
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