A Westminster election handbill., Caption title., First line of text: Gentlemen, I beg leave to return you my best thanks for the liberal and spirited support I received from you this day., Signed and dated at end: John Townshend. Bentinck-Street, July 18, 1788., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Westminster (London, England)
Caption title., First line: William Newitt aged ..., A crudely printed broadside with numerous typographical errors, the text in three columns., With woodcut illustration at top illustrating the scene of the execution: a crowd watching four men hang from the gallows., Includes a report on the executions of William Newitt (for stealing 30 sheep), Thomas Maynard (for forging a payment of £1,900), Stephen Sandford and Will Lesslie (for an extensive burglary); the men were hanged on 31 December 1829. The final paragraph reports the extraordinary story of a failed plot (led by Sandford) to blow up Newgate prison and effect an escape., and Laid down; dated "Thursday Dec. 31st 1829" in contemporary manuscript. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Bishop, printer, 14 Shorts Gardens, Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Thieves, Forgery, Trials (Robbery), Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
Caption title., The formation of the University of Rational Amusement was announced in the London Courant on March 16, 1780., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Debates and debating, Societies, etc, Conduct of life, and Marriage
A bound volume of 32 Napoleonic broadsides, all good impressions, suggesting they were ordered directly from a publisher, possibly from James Asperne who is well represented in the collection and who perhaps made a trade in offering collections of the broadsides to contemporary collectors. Also well presented are broadsides by John Ginger
Alternative Title:
Patriotic handbills
Description:
In English., Title from dealer's description., Bound in 19th-century calf and marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt, red morocco label with "Patriotic Handbills" and green morocco label with the number "II"; a sheet of writing paper bound in before the broadsides has a watermark "G. Langley 1856". With a manuscript note on the blank verso of the final broadside that states "Patriotic Handbills Packet II / I have duplicates of each bill.", With two copies of: Plain answers to plain questions, in a dialogue between John Bull and Bonaparte., With two copies of: Britons triumph, or, Bonaparte's knell., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
multiple publishers
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, and History