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The diverting history of John Gilpin : as related by the late Mr. Henderson; shewing how he went farther than he intended, and came home safe at last.

Accession number
PML 84628
Creator
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Published
Coventry [West Midlands, England] : Printed and sold by M. Luckman, and by all other booksellers, [between 1786 and 1797].
Credit line
Purchase; Elisabeth Ball Fund; 1983.
Notes
William Cowper's poem John Gilpin was included in readings given by John Henderson during Lent, 1785 (Russell, N. Cowper, p. 112); Henderson died in December of 1785 (DNB).
At foot of title: Price one penny.
Dated from publisher's imprint.
Frontispiece included in pagination.
Booklist on p. [1] at end.
First and last leaves pastedowns.
According to Ryskamp, this version of the poem is taken from Cowper's revised edition in "The Task" but with readings from the first edition as printed in "The Pubic Advertiser" in 1782.
Not in Russell.
Description
22, [2] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 9 cm.
Binding
Publisher's Dutch floral wrappers; in case.
Classification
Department