Caption title., Body of the text begins: The no dedication. Not dedicated to any prince in Christendom for fear it might be thought an idle piece of arrogance. Not dedicated to any man of quality, for feat it might be thought too assuming. Not dedicated to any learned body of men, as either of the universitys, or the Royal Society, for fear it might be thought an uncommon piece of vanity. Nor dedicated to any one particular friend for dear of offending another. Therefore dedicated to nobody, but if for once we may spppose nobody to be every body, as every body is often said to be nobody, then is this work dedicated to every body. By their most humble and devoted [signed] W. Hogarth., All etched., "Page 1."--Upper right corner., Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand below print: Facing the “Anecdotes” &c. in John Ireland's Hogarth illustrated., and On page 231 in volume 3.
Letterpress broadside with a hand-colored etched and engraved header illustrating the use of a fire-engine at the site of the Cornhill fire, which occurred on 25 March 1748
Description:
Caption title from letterpress text. and Annotations on verso. For further information, consult library staff.
A trade card advertising the services provided by the printseller and picture restorer Robert Hulton, whose shop was at on the corner of Pall Mall facing the Haymarket. A medley print with text in image on the left "Paintings, prints & Indian picktures [sic] carfully [sic] clean'd. mended and lined" and on the right "The following particulars made & sold very cheap by Rt. Hulton at the corner of Pallmall facing [the] Hay-markett, St. James's, London
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Maps and prints sold and framed for parlors, staircases and closets at reasonable rates
Description:
Title from engraved text below image in two columns. Text continues in one column below: Carved and gilt frames, Ebony frames with gilt edges, black peartree frames with gilt edges for paintings & prints made after the newest faishions [sic]., Date from annotations on impression at the Lewis Walpole Library., and On verso is a manuscript bill from Robert Hulton to "Honble. Mr. Henson", dated October 1743. For further information, consult library staff.
Attributed to George Sewell., On [3] pages at end, a poem titled: Upon Mr. Addison's Cato., Signatures: A-C⁴., BEIN Osborn pc3: Binder's title: Of Addison's Cato., BEIN 1974 986: Binder's title: Cato. Addison., BEIN 2014 2091: Front endpaper includes autograph of Ben Priestley on recto and manuscript notes on verso, both partially mutilated. Manuscript notes on back endpapers. No. 5 of 6 titles bound together., and BEIN 926 14: 21 cm. From the library of William Whitman Farnam, 1886.
A broadside advertising a coach service from No. 2 Bridge Street off Ludgate Hill to persons who wish to travel fast in a post-chaise and who need a partner in order to hire the carriage. No name or business is specified, the author of this lengthy advertisement explains that such a utilitarian service needs no introduction
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Caption title., First line: Whoever sollicits the patronage of the publick, should be careful to state his pretensions in convincing terms ..., Not in ESTC., and On verso, annotated in black ink in an unidentified hand, four names. For further information, consult library staff.
"Trade card of Peter Griffin, printseller, at Dial and Three Crowns, Next the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street, from the late Overtons; text on sheet at the centre with clock face and three crowns above; with various prints overlapping behind it, including maps, portraits, satires, and ornaments."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,100.32., Imprint engraved at top of plate; date of publication below image, lower right., Engraved above the image is a detailed list of wares for sale: All sorts of maps both foreign & English, fine French, Italian, Dutch, and English Prints; metzo-tinto heads, & historys black, or painted on glass; fitteth up Gent. halls, or large rooms [with] maps or prints on rolers, neatly puts into frames & glasses any of [the] above goods. NB. Where merchants, or sea commanders, country or town chapmen may be supplied wth. quanteties [sic] of the above goods, at the most reasonable rates, for exportation &c., and Date "1747" added in ink in lower right corner. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by Peter Griffin, map & printseller at the Three Crowns & Dial, next the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street
Caption title., Text in three columns below caption title and a large woodcut of one of Sharp's horse-drawn vehicles., Date in ms. '1773'., Woodcut illustration with lettering in image: "James Sharp, Leadenhall Street, London, Common Stage.", "N.B. Rolling Carts and Waggons of all Kinds, according to Act of Parliament, are built by James Sharp, of Leadenhall-Street, London."--End of text., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Wagons, Transportation, and Carts & wagons
Title from item., Date from annotation in brown ink in upper right corner: Apr. 29th, 1758., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On leaf 159 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates., and Contemporary annotations in brown ink fill the blanks on recto; addressed to "Mr. Gowers, coachmaker ..." on verso.
Caption title., With reference to the importation of a sort of chip or shaving from Holland., Docket title: The case of the straw-hat-makers, humbly offered to the consideration of the Parliament., and Stab-stitch holes and remains of binding to gutter; single early manuscript correction to text. For further information, consult library staff.
"(To be continued annually)"--Following imprint., With an engraved frontispiece showing two fashionably dressed couples walking in a park: The most elegant desses upon the Ton / Dighton del. ; Cook sculp., and With the original blind-ruled limp sheep. For further information, consult library staff.
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Printed for S. Bladon, No. 13, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, London., and London
Subject (Topic):
Men, Recreation, Sexual behavior, and Social life and customs