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1. Halfpenny of Lackington Allen & Co. cheapest booksellers in the world. [realia]
- Creator:
- Lackington, Allen and Co.
- Published / Created:
- 1794. and [1794]
- Call Number:
- LWL Min. 147 Shelved in Object Room in Box 4
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- "A trade token issued by the famed bookseller James Lackington (1746-1815), the same year he opened the Temple of the Muses, 'one of the wonders of London' (Oxford DNB); with reputedly a million books on display, it was at the time the biggest bookshop in the world. Tokens such as these were issued in many places in England in the late eighteenth century, when the government failed to mint enough copper coinage for the conduct of business. According to Oxford DNB, Lackington issued thousands of such tokens, which were only valid at his shop. All were struck by Lutwyche of Birmingham."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text on reverse side of item, which surrounds image of an angel blowing a trumpet., Obverse side with a portrait of Lackington and the text: J. Lackington 1794., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Lackington, Allen and Co and Lutwyche
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Lackington, James, 1746-1815, and Lackington, Allen and Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bookstores, Angels, and Trumpets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Halfpenny of Lackington Allen & Co. cheapest booksellers in the world. [realia]
2. Sir Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garrat [realia].
- Published / Created:
- [1795]
- Call Number:
- LWL Min. 151 Shelved in Object Room in Box 4
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- Obverse: In center, full-length portrait of Jeffery Dunstan facing right; legend inscription with Dunstan's name and title as Mayor of Garrat. Reverse: In center, six lines of inscription with T. Hall's address and date, the penulitimate line is much larger letters than the others and the legend inscription advertising Hall's taxidermy services
- Alternative Title:
- T. Hall, Citty Road near Finsbury Square, London, 1795
- Description:
- Title from text on obverse side of token., Text from reverse side: T. Hall, Citty Road near Finsbury Square, London, 1795. The first artist in Europe for preserving birds, beasts, &c., Edge: plain., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Thomas Hall
- Subject (Name):
- Hall, Thomas (Taxidermist), Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797., and Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797,
- Subject (Topic):
- Human curiosities
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sir Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garrat [realia].