The history of John Gilpin.

London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856].

[London] : Edmund Evans.

Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [third series] : 6
Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers : 32

6d.

Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer)
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)
McConnell, William (illustrator)

Toy book

Not analysed
Illustrations
8 illustrations, drawn by McConnell, engraved and printed in black by Evans, hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Documents (illustrator)
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer; not analysed)
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of June 1856 as no. 32 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
Documents state first edition in July / August 1856 and reissues until March 1857
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September 1857 as no. 32 of Aunt Mavor's toy books
Reissued after 1859 as no. 32 of Aunt Mavor's toy books [new series] (see pcb2915)
Reissued as no. 15 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series (see pcb2927), but listed as such only between 1878 and 1880

Chromo-relief
Relief
Hand-colouring

2006 Masaki, I.393 (see pcb2478), 399

IULL: GR486 .H77 1852 (described as: "G. Routledge & Co. ... Edmund Evans, engraver and printer"; bound in a volume with other titles, eight title; from the library of Elisabeth Ball; not analysed)

Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 331: "Mavor's toy books 3rd series, 1856 Aug. 4, 1st edition 4000", 378: "Aunt Mavor's toys 3rd series nos. 27 to 39. 1856 July 22 1st edition 4000. 1857 March 10, 2nd edition 2000. [...] McConnell - viz 31, 32, 28")

Reissued as
The history of John Gilpin. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859]
Reissued as
The history of John Gilpin. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]

15288424

https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2495

Francesca Tancini, "The history of John Gilpin". In PiCoBoo, accessed December 16, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2495