Surprising negro from the Gold Coast and To the virtuosi in anatomy and to all lovers of natural curiosities
Description:
At head of title: To the virtuosi in anatomy and to all lovers of natural curiosities. There is now to be seen at Mr. Symes's Peruke-maker, opposite the Mews Wall, Charing-Cross., Caption title., and Date of publication based on the advertisement's reference to the 4 December 1751 meeting of the Royal Society.
Caption title., Date based on publisher John Pitts's street address. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 151., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: A sweet country life is both pleasant and charming ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, No. 14 Great St. Street, Andrew Seven Dials
"A broadside on Matthew Skeggs, a publican who became famous for miming music-making with a broomstick while making matching vocal sounds; with a round mezzotint after a painting by Thomas King, showing Skeggs facing towards the right, next to the portrait an etched broomstick surmounted by a dancing hog, and a suspended horn; with engraved title and verses of one poem and of one song text by Henry Howard in two columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Introduction. Each buck & jolly fellow has heard of Skegginello
Description:
Engraved broadside, in verse in two columns., Printmaker identified as Richard Houston in the British Museum catalogue., Date from British Museum., At head of title: Introduction. Each buck & jolly fellow has heard of Skegginello. The famous Skegginallo that grunts so pretty upon his broomsticado. Such music he has made, O. Twill spoil the fiddling trade, O. And that's a pity. ..., and Mezzotint portrait at head signed, with fictitious signature: "G Pigganinne Fecit". After a portrait by Thomas King.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ryall, at Hogarth's Head, in Fleet Street
Tragical ballad, of the unfortunate love of Lord Thomas and fair Eleanor
Description:
In three columns with the title above the first two; a woodcut is in middle of the second column; imprint is below the third column; the columns are not separated by rules., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Verse begins: "Lord Thomas he was a bold forester,"., Mounted on leaf 72. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Man-woman relationships, Murder, Suicide, Courtship, Betrayal, Decapitations, Dead persons, and Daggers & swords
Caption title., "Words cannot express her worth. Time will reveal her loss"--Beneath title., First line: Britons! Oh Britons! weep ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
Caption title., Place and date of publication based on provence: formerly bound in a collection of chapbooks published in Lichfield in the 1770s., First line: Miss Pure, a very neat and clean-heeled Filly, from Black Mary's Hole, near London ..., A broadside with a simple woodcut above the title, advertising the services and skills of woman, Miss Jenny Foreyard, Cleopatra Tickleback, Diana Trapes, Polly Trim, Jenny Spruce, and Lucy Pleasant., Not in ESTC., and Broadsides printed on laid paper and mounted in an album bound in red, quarter-leather morocco with Cockerell-marbled boards and vellum corners, with black-leather, gilt-stamped spine label. For further information, consult library staff.
Manuscript on paper of John Rolfe (1585-1622), A true relation of the state of Virginia, autograph manuscript
Description:
The author, best known for his part in the colonization of Virginia under the governorship of Sir Thomas Dale (d. 1619) and his marriage to the Indian princess Pocahontas (d. 1617), wrote this account after his return to England in 1616 to show the suitability of Virginia for colonization., In English., Script: Written in Gothica Cursiva (Secretary)., The acidity of the ink has damaged the paper., and Binding: Original paper wrappers.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Virginia
Subject (Name):
Rolfe, John, 1585-1622.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Description and travel, and History
Silvester, Richard William, 1769 or 1770-1842, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1800 and 1820]
Call Number:
800.00.00.106+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Trade card with all engraved text and with large (64 x 166 mm) engraved illustration at top showing aviaries and menagerie surrmounted by a coat of arms
Alternative Title:
James Pilton's manufactory, King's Road, Chelsea, Middx. ...
Description:
Title engraved above image., Text below image continues: ... establish'd under the distinguished patronage of their Majesties & Royal Family. Pleasure ground fences on an improv'd principle, ... wrought iron gates, ..., libraries ..., hot houses, conservatories, & all kinds of horticultural buildings ..., menageries, ... as also stock’d with all kinds of pheasants, poultry & water fowl ..., awnings, varandahs, alcoves & summer retreats, aviaries, pheasantries & dove cotes, ... The warehouse No. 204, Piccadilly, London, near St. James's Church ..., Date from the years that James Pilton was active: ca. 1800-1820. See British Musem online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a variant trade card of James Pilton, using the same illustration but varying in text, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,85.238., and Window mounted to 44 x 33 cm. For further information, consult library staff.
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom of plate., and On leaf 98 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.