The butterfly's funeral.
London.
Printed by J. Catnach, [s.d., c. 1835]
[2], 5pp, [5]. OCLC records a single copy (Chicago).
[Bound after:] [Drop-head title:] Park's entertaining fairy tale of the magic legacy. London. Published by A. Park, [s.d., c. 1835] 8pp. OCLC and COPAC together record a single copy (BL).
[And:] [Drop-head title:] Park's entertaining fairy tale of beauty and the beast. [London]. [Printed by A. Park], [s.d., c. 1835] 8pp. OCLC and COPAC together record a single copy (BL).
[And:] [Drop-head title:] The old woman of stepney. [London]. Ryle & Co., [s.d., c. 1835] 8pp. Apparently unrecorded.
16mo. Contemporary burgundy cloth-backed powder blue paper boards, lettered in manuscript 'Stories for Children No. 3' to upper board. A trifle rubbed, ink- stain to spine and lower board. Book-label initialled in manuscript 'B.M.' and early inked ownership inscription of George Morris to FEP, manuscript list of contents to verso of FFEP, early alternate pagination in manuscript to upper corners.
[Bound after:] [Drop-head title:] Park's entertaining fairy tale of the magic legacy. London. Published by A. Park, [s.d., c. 1835] 8pp. OCLC and COPAC together record a single copy (BL).
[And:] [Drop-head title:] Park's entertaining fairy tale of beauty and the beast. [London]. [Printed by A. Park], [s.d., c. 1835] 8pp. OCLC and COPAC together record a single copy (BL).
[And:] [Drop-head title:] The old woman of stepney. [London]. Ryle & Co., [s.d., c. 1835] 8pp. Apparently unrecorded.
16mo. Contemporary burgundy cloth-backed powder blue paper boards, lettered in manuscript 'Stories for Children No. 3' to upper board. A trifle rubbed, ink- stain to spine and lower board. Book-label initialled in manuscript 'B.M.' and early inked ownership inscription of George Morris to FEP, manuscript list of contents to verso of FFEP, early alternate pagination in manuscript to upper corners.
A charming collection of chapbook rarities, including The butterfly's funeral, a 'sequel' to writer and abolitionist William Roscoe's (1753-1831) most commercial poem, The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast (1807). The final bound work, The old woman of stepney, is unrecorded by the usual databases, and concerns an aged crone with a plum tree in place of a nose.
The publisher, Alnwick-born James Catnach (1792-1841), is primarily remembered for his prolific broadsheet printing endeavours. In order to satisfy the demands of the urban public for more grittily realistic reading matter than the, largely rural, popular ballad tradition afforded, Catnach commissioned a constant stream of sensational ephemera on the interests of the day. Many of his broadsheets were sold by 'patterers', who would perform as well as selling their wares, bridging the divide between the oral and printed ballad. Printed crudely on the cheapest paper available, the broadsheets were primarily sold at the price of one penny; Catnach was reputed to have paved his parlour with counterfeit coins.
£ 1,250.00
Antiquates Ref: 34273
The publisher, Alnwick-born James Catnach (1792-1841), is primarily remembered for his prolific broadsheet printing endeavours. In order to satisfy the demands of the urban public for more grittily realistic reading matter than the, largely rural, popular ballad tradition afforded, Catnach commissioned a constant stream of sensational ephemera on the interests of the day. Many of his broadsheets were sold by 'patterers', who would perform as well as selling their wares, bridging the divide between the oral and printed ballad. Printed crudely on the cheapest paper available, the broadsheets were primarily sold at the price of one penny; Catnach was reputed to have paved his parlour with counterfeit coins.
