Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of text., and On leaf 134 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title from item., Title continues: ... neatly prints all sorts of copper-plates at reasonable rates., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 53 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title from item., Title continues: Makes and sells all sorts of mens and womens steel chains and buckles, spurs, snuffers, watch keys, cork screws &c., wholesale and retail. NB all sorts of old steel polish'd in the neatest fashion., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 84 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom edge., and On leaf 142 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Caption title., First lines: What horrid deeds from gaming, take place now every day, the human mind inflaming, 'tis sure to lead astray ..., Entirely in verse; text printed in five columns confined to lower half of sheet. The six woodcut illustrations include two portraits of the accused with mention of their punishments ("John Thurtell, guilty, death"; "Joseph Hunt for transporta[t]ion"); three views of areas associated with the crime ("A view of Gill's Hill Lane"; "View of Probert's cottage and pond"; "The pond where the body was found"); and an uncaptioned depiction of the public execution of Thurtell in front of a crowd of onlookers and hawkers., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pitts printer, wholesale toy and marble warehouse, 6, Great St. Andrew Street, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):
England and Hertfordshire.
Subject (Name):
Weare, William, -1823., Thurtell, John, 1794-1824., Hunt, Joseph, active 19th century., and Probert, William, -1825.