A catalogue of maps, prints, copy-books, &c. from off copper-plates, printed for John Bowles, at the Black-Horse in Cornhill, London where merchants, gentlemen, city and country shop-keepers, and chapmen may be furnished with the newest and best variety, at the lowest prices / [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue of maps, prints, copy-books, &c. from off copper-plates, printed for John Bowles, at the Black-Horse in Cornhill, London where merchants, gentlemen, city and country shop-keepers, and chapmen may be furnished with the newest and best variety, at the lowest prices / [graphic]

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Title: A catalogue of maps, prints, copy-books, &c. from off copper-plates, printed for John Bowles, at the Black-Horse in Cornhill, London where merchants, gentlemen, city and country shop-keepers, and chapmen may be furnished with the newest and best variety, at the lowest prices / [graphic]
Creator: Clark, John, 1688-1736, printmaker
Contributor: Baston, Thomas, active approximately 1700-approximately 1724, artist.
Bowles, John, 1701-1779, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1733]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: John Bowles
Abstract: "Title page to catalogue of John Bowles, printer and printseller, at the Black Horse, Cornhill, London; text in rectangle at the centre, with naval scene showing two ships on the sea below; behind the text a map, a letter to Mr John Bowles, a landscape and a study of eyes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
"This title page was used for Bowles's catalogues from at least 1731, when his shop was at Mercer's Hall, Cheapside; the address was altered when he moved to Cornhill."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,100.19.
Date of publication based on publisher's street address; John Bowles started trading at the sign of the Black Horse, Cornhill, by 1733. See British Museum online catalogue.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Daniel Crouch Rare Books; November 2021.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.7 x 10 cm, on sheet 21.7 x 14 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English