The diverting history of John Gilpin : shewing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again. : Illustrated with humourous engravings. On copperplate.
| Author/creator | Cowper, William |
| Other author | Charles, William, 1776-1820, engraver. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the booksellers, 1815. |
| Description | 31 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 12 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | John Gilpin |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 34461. ^A575643 |
| General note | In verse. |
| General note | By William Cowper. |
| General note | Cover dated 1810. |
| General note | Pagination includes [8] leaves of plates. |
| General note | Metal-engraved illustrations are presumably by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 7. |
| General note | Last page blank. |
| General note | "Of Wm. Charles, may also be had, just published ..."--advertisement, back cover. |
| General note | "Price 25 cents."--foot of cover. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 34461 |
| References | Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 245.5 |
| References | Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 517 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 34461). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1815. |
| Genre/form | Ballads. |
| Genre/form | Publishers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia. |