The history of John Gilpin
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pcb2927
TITLE
The history of John Gilpin.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866].
SERIES
PRICE
6d.
1s. : mounted on cloth
1s. : mounted on cloth
AUTHOR
Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer) ![]()
McConnell, William (illustrator)![]()
George Routledge & Sons (publisher)![]()
McConnell, William (illustrator)
George Routledge & Sons (publisher)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Not analysed
Illustrations
8 illustrations, drawn by McConnell, possibly the same as pcb2495, engraved and printed by Evans
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer)
Documents (illustrator, see pcb2495)
Source for date
Publishers' listings
Before 1859, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 6 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [third series] (see pcb2495)
Between 1859 and 1865, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 32 of Aunt Mavor's toy books (see pcb2495)
Reissued as no. 15 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, but listed as such only between 1878 and 1880
Illustrations
8 illustrations, drawn by McConnell, possibly the same as pcb2495, engraved and printed by Evans
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer)
Documents (illustrator, see pcb2495)
Source for date
Publishers' listings
Before 1859, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 6 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [third series] (see pcb2495)
Between 1859 and 1865, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 32 of Aunt Mavor's toy books (see pcb2495)
Reissued as no. 15 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, but listed as such only between 1878 and 1880
NOTES
Documents make no difference between this title as belonging to Aunt Mavor's toy books series or to Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series
COPIES
IULL: PR3382 .J6 1865 (described as: "G. Routledge ... In yellow illustrated wrappers"; from the library of Elisabeth Ball; not analysed)
MUBL: 760.2/8 (described as: "G. Routledge, [1856??] ... Aunt Mavor's toy books"; not analysed)
NAL: 60.R Box IX (xix) (described as: "London, [ca. 1860] ... Aunt Mavor's toy books"; not analysed)
UCLA: PR3382 .J61 1865 (described as: "George Routledge & Sons ... "Price sixpence; or mounted on linen, one shilling"--At head of title on cover. Syllabified text. "Edmund Evans, engraver and printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street"--At foot of lower wrapper. Wood-engraved illustrations are hand-colored. Publisher's printed orange stiff wrappers; illustrated upper wrapper printed in black and orange-red; publisher's advertisement on lower wrapper with partial listing of first 106 titles of "Routledge's new sixpenny toy books"; not analysed)
MUBL: 760.2/8 (described as: "G. Routledge, [1856??] ... Aunt Mavor's toy books"; not analysed)
NAL: 60.R Box IX (xix) (described as: "London, [ca. 1860] ... Aunt Mavor's toy books"; not analysed)
UCLA: PR3382 .J61 1865 (described as: "George Routledge & Sons ... "Price sixpence; or mounted on linen, one shilling"--At head of title on cover. Syllabified text. "Edmund Evans, engraver and printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street"--At foot of lower wrapper. Wood-engraved illustrations are hand-colored. Publisher's printed orange stiff wrappers; illustrated upper wrapper printed in black and orange-red; publisher's advertisement on lower wrapper with partial listing of first 106 titles of "Routledge's new sixpenny toy books"; not analysed)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
OTHER VERSIONS
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The history of John Gilpin". In PiCoBoo, accessed September 8, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2927