NMLP P-025154 · 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

For John Gilpin specifically the prized true first is the standalone 1878 Routledge shilling issue in original wrappers; the signed limited applies only to the collected 1887 gift book, not to the individual 1878 title

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-025154 for "The Diverting History of John Gilpin (text by William Cowper)" by Randolph Caldecott (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-025154, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).