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The multiplication table in verse (leaves [1-2])
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| Title | The multiplication table in verse (leaves [1-2]) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | George Routledge & Sons
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| Publisher Location | England -- London |
| Publication Date | 1867 |
| Printer | Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
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| Illustrator | Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
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| Image Production Process | Planographic prints--lithographs
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| Notes | Full- and half-page chromoxylographs in red, yellow, green, pale blue, brown, and black, with black text above, featuring large red initial capitals; most signed with Crane's crane glyph.
Part of the series of Routledge's New Sixpenny Toy Books ; 63.
This book teaches multiplication to children through short, illustrated verses.
"Twice one are two good boys who come in time for school." The illustration depicts two young boys with book satchels on their backs walking toward town.
"Twice two are four large swans, now swimming on the pool." The illustration depicts four swans swimming in a line. In the background is a bridge with two figures watching.
"Twice three are six strong ropes, on which we children swing." This is the same illustration from the cover. Six children swing on ropes around a pole.
"Twice four are eight church bells, how merrily they ring." The illustration depicts a belfry with eight bells ringing. |
| Contextual Notes | Identified by some as the "father of the illustrated children's book" Walter Crane sought to create books that would appeal specifically to children. It was his belief that "Children, like the ancient Egyptians, appear to see most things in profile, and like definite statements in design. They prefer well-defined forms and bright, frank color."
Showing the influence of Japanese artists, Crane signed each image with a rebus, a symbol of a crane standing within a "C" in the lower right corner of each image.
Edmund Evans was an English engraver and printer who is believed to be one of the first to use color prints in publications. His association with Crane began in 1863 and their first collaboration, a toybook, was published in 1865.
George Routledge set up business as a retail bookseller with his brother-in-law W. H. Warne as assistant in 1836. Warne was made a partner in 1848 and, after his brother Frederick Warne was made a partner in 1851, the firm was renamed George Routledge & Company. The firm moved to Farringdon Street in 1852 and opened a New York branch in 1854. Robert Warne Routledge, George Routledge's son, entered the partnership in 1858 and the firm was renamed Routledge, Warne & Routledge. W. H. Warne died in 1859 and Frederick Warne left the firm in 1865. That same year, Edmund Routledge became a partner and the firm was renamed George Routledge & Sons. They also moved to Broadway, Ludgate Hill at this time. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Multiplication -- Juvenile poetry; Counting -- Juvenile poetry |
| Category | Mathematics and arithmetic
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0046 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. QA115.M85 1867 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [8] leaves: illustrated; 25 x 18.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit A15 |
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