Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom edge., and On leaf 150 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title from item., Title continues: Makes & sells all sorts of cabinet & upholders goods glasses and chairs in the most compleat & newest taste at the most reasonable rate. N.B. Grotto work done; shells bought &c., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On leaf 42 of an album of trade cards and invitations.
Title devised by curator., 1 print : engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 7.8 x 5 cm, on sheet 9.2 x 6.2 cm., and On leaf 166 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title devised by curator., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom of plate., and On leaf 51 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title devised by curator., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom edge., and On leaf 131 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
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