NMLP P-025150 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-04

The Diverting History of John Gilpin (text by William Cowper)

Randolph Caldecott · George Routledge & Sons, London (colour-printed by Edmund Evans) · 1878

TRADE FIRST: an individual the printed price Picture Book (toy book) issued in illustrated colour paper wrappers, about 30 pp, roughly 9 x 8.5 in (23 x 21 cm), George Routledge & Sons 1878 (the two inaugural Picture Books, John Gilpin and The House That Jack Built, appeared December 1878), with the wood-engraved colour work executed and printed by Edmund Evans

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-025150 for "The Diverting History of John Gilpin (text by William Cowper)" by Randolph Caldecott (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-025150, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).