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John Gilpin
Title
John Gilpin.
Publication
London : Frederick Warne & Co., [approximately 1870]
Physical Description
[6] leaves, [5] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original printed wrappers.
Notes
Title and publication statement from cover.
First and last leaves pasted to cover.
Colour wood-engraved plates are with imprint: "Kronheim and Co., London." Plates include areas printed in colour with metal. All are unsigned.
"Price one shilling; or, Mounted with linen, two shillings."
At head of cover title: "Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books."
Text originally written by William Cowper. Cf. British Library Public Catalogue.
"Aunt Louisa" was a pseudonym of Laura Valentine, general editor of Warne's publishing house, who possibly wrote most of the verses of text for this series of toy books.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 07, 2017
Series
Aunt Louisa's London toy books, v 8
References
Opie, P17
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Wood engravings - Color - Specimens - Great Britain - Between 1866 and 1867.
Printed wrappers - Color - Specimens - Great Britain - Between 1866 and 1867.
Specimens.
Chromoxylographs - [approximately 1870]
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