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.
Caption title., Place of printing and date from ESTC., Docket title: The case of the makers and dealers in cards and dice., and Stab marks to left margin. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Dice, Playing card industry, and Foreign trade regulation
Text begins: There are five strange wonders in the world. To hear a lawyer tell truth, to see a prodigal turn thrifty ..., In three columns with the title and four woodcuts above all columns; the columns are not separated by rules; the imprint is at the foot of the third column, below a single rule., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had, the greatest choice of histories, old and new ballads, patters, &c. better printed than at any other place., Mounted on leaf 44. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.