Gammer Gurton's famous histories of Sir Guy of Warwick, Sir Bevis of Hampton, Tom Hickathrift, Friar Bacon, Robin Hood, and The king and the cobbler
By: newly revised and amended by Amb Mer [i.e. Ambrose Merton] ...
Contributors: Thoms, William John, 1803-1885.; Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808-1882.; Cundall, Joseph, 1818-1895.; Tayler, Frederick, 1802-1889.; Franklin, John, fl. 1800-1861.; Absolon, John, 1815-1895.; Measom, George S., fl. 1845-1862.; Nicholls, G. P. fl. 1841-1887.; Dalziel, George, 1815-1902.; Whittingham, Charles, 1795-1876 (printer); Chiswick Press; Bone & Son
Series: Gammer Gurton's story books; Home treasury
Publisher: Chapman and Hall
Published: 1846
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.; Tales -- Great Britain.; Folklore -- Great Britain.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Famous histories
Notes: T.p. printed in double rule border.

Ambrose Merton is a pseudonym of William John Thoms.  Cf. British Library Public Catalogue.

Some of the stories were also issued separately as part of the "Sixpenny Series" of "Gammer Gurton's Story Books", which was a part of "The Home Treasury" series of children's books produced by Henry Cole [pseud. "Felix Summerly"] and Joseph Cundall from 1843 to 1846.  In 1846, the Home Treasury was acquired by Chapman & Hall (their list, dated 1 January 1847, announced that the series was now their property), who reissued some titles with their own imprint.  Cf. McLean, Ruari.  Joseph Cundall, 1976 and McLean, Ruari.  Victorian book design and colour printing, 1972.

This title was published by Joseph Cundall in 1845.  Cf. English Catalogue of Books.

Illustrators are listed as Frederick Tayler, John Franklin and John Absolon.

Wood-engraved plates are signed as engraved by Charles Peters, Measom, G. P. Nicholls and G. Dalziel.  All are hand-coloured.

Plates are the same as those used printed in colours for the same stories (except for "Sir Guy of Warwick") in "The old story books of England" published in 1845 by Joseph Cundall.  See McLean D O (1).

MASS copy: Bound in blue diagonal wave-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind; a.e. speckled red.  With the same spine design and lettering on spine and blocking in gold on upper cover as that used on McLean D 0424.  With pale yellow glazed endpapers.  With binder's ticket: "Bound by  Bone & Son,  76, Fleet Street,  London.".  Upper pastedown endpaper with the remnants of a bookseller's label printed in black on white.
Table of contents: value: The famous history of Guy Earl of Warwick; value: The gallant history of Sir Bevis of Southampton; value: The excellent history of Tom Hickathrift the conqueror; value: The famous history of Friar Bacon; value: A true tale of Robin Hood; value: A merry tale of the king and the cobbler.