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The diverting history of John Gilpin; : shewing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again. : Illustrated with humourous engravings, on copperplate.
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 17315. Connect to full text. Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17315.
- Standardized Title:
- John Gilpin
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's poetry.
- Picture books for children.
- Horses--Juvenile poetry.
- Horses.
- Wit and humor, Juvenile.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1809.
- Ballads.
- Fiction.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 31 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 13 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the booksellers. 1809. W. M'Culloch, printer., [1809]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- In verse.
- By William Cowper.
- Pages [1] and [32] blank.
- Pagination includes [8] leaves of plates.
- Metal-engraved illustrations are presumably by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 7.
- "Price twenty-five cents."--foot of cover.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17315).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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