The under-mentioned Plates, which have no annexed references, are to be placed in the following order [November 1837].
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Bibliographical Note: "Annexed References"
In the prolegomena issued with the final double number (November 1837), Chapman and Hall note what the editors of the serial have termed "annexed references." These page numbers, found at the bottom of each serial plate in the first twelve monthly parts, show precisely where the plates (which appeared at the beginning of each instalment) should be inserted, so that, for example, the number for Mr. Winkle soothes the refractory steed is 47. The publisher altered this practice after the twelfth monthly part, and therefore felt that specific "Directions to the Binder" should indicate where each illustration should go in the binding of the parts, so that, for example, Mr. Winkle entering the Sedan Chair (No. 13) should "face page 391." The note suggests that the titles for many of the illustrations had not been finalised when the November 1837 instalment went to press; in the instance just mentioned, the final title for the April 1837 plate is Mr. Winkle's situation when the door "blew to".
Bibliography
Dickens, Charles. "Pickwick Papers (1836-37). Illustrated by Robert Seymour, R. W. Buss, and Hablot Knight Browne. London: Chapman & Hall. Part Twenty (November 1837).
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