Caption title., Printed on silk, within decorative borders. Engraved portrait of "Caroline Queen of England" beneath title., Broadside addressed from the Brass Founders and Braziers in support of Queen Caroline in October 1820, a month before the withdrawal of the Pains and Penalties Bill which aimed to annul Caroline’s marriage to George IV. Beneath the address is a response from Queen Caroline together with an ‘Order of the Procession’ in support of the queen., First lines: May it please Your Most Excellent Majesty. We, the operative Workers of Brass ... do most humbly and dutifully approach your Most Gracious Majesty, to offer our congratulations on your Majesty’s return ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and published by J. Cowie, 58 Shoe Lane, Holborn
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Brass Founders and Braziers.
Africa distinguished into its principall parts viz. Barbary, Biledulgerid, Egypt, Zaara or the Desart, the Country of the Negroes, Guinea, Nubia, Abissinea, Zanguebar, Congo, Monomotapa, Caffrares, the Islands of the Canaries, Cape Verd, St. Thomas, Madagascar or St. Lawrence in which are observed the empires, monarchies, kingdomes, states and peoples, which at present inhabite Africa
Description:
Ferro meridian., No. 56 of 69 maps bound together in composite atlas., Relief shown pictorially., Scale [ca 1:34 000 000]., and To the most serene and most sacred majesty of Charles II, by the grace of God, king of Great Brittain, France, and Ireland, this map of Africa is humbly dedicated and presented by your majesties loyal subject and servant, William Berry.
Publisher:
Sold by William Berry at the sign of the globe between Charing Cross and White-Hall
To William Davison, chemist, druggist, & apothecary
Description:
Date from manuscript annotation on Lewis Walpole Library copy., Engraved invoice for the pharmacist, stationer, and printer William Davison of Alnwick., and Invoice completed in manuscript to "Major Frankland, West Glanton"; numbered "231" in upper right and dated "1821 October 17" in lower left. For further information, consult library staff.
Bookplate of Frederick W. Williams., Large issue; v. 1-2 are 30 cm. tall, and v. 3 58 cm., P. 141-142 and p. 353-354 bound out of sequence., and The maps are on folded leaves.
Publisher:
Printed for G. Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall,
Subject (Geographic):
China--Description and travel, China--Foreign relations--Great Britain, and Great Britain--Foreign relations--China
Subject (Name):
Gower, Erasmus, Sir, 1742-1814, Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806, and Williams, Frederick Wells,--1857-1928--Bookplate