THE HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN of Cheapside, A Droll Story.…

THE HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN of Cheapside, A Droll Story. And the Historical Ballad of the Children in the Wood. Price Six Pence.

Glasgow: Published by Lumsden and Son at their Toy Book Manufactury, No date [circa 1808]. 52 pages. Engraved frontispiece, vignette on engraved title, and six engraved plates. Original marbled wrappers with printed label to upper cover. Spine weak with some loss of paper; rear free endpaper absent; blank recto of frontispiece has some staining from where a bookplate once was; else a very good copy of a rare and early printing of this title specifically aimed at the children’s market. Roscoe and Brimmell cite one copy only [Ball]. WorldCat cites one copy also, presumably the same.

Book ID: 12086
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