- Published / Created:
- [1770?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Date of publication from ESTC., First line of text: "The Right. Hon. the Speaker -"., In two columns with the title centered above both; the columns are not separated by a rule., Refers to Mr. Wilkes's 'History of England', vol. 1 of which was published in 1768, and to "Sermons for young women, in 2 vol. 12mo.", which may be a reference to James Fordyce's collection, which went into a large number of editions in 1766 and 1767., A selection of statements on contemporary events, made ridiculous by their association with other events., Mounted on leaf 35. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Wit and humor and Reading
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A continuation of the humorous effects of cross-reading the news-papers
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- Creator:
- Puzzle-cause, Oliver
- Published / Created:
- [between 1775 and 1790?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- A joke letter; at end is added: "From such examples as of this and that, we are all taught to know - I know not what"., In this edition the title is in two lines; the first line reads "William having received a letter"; the last two paragraphs are set in smaller type than the rest, clearly in order to fit the page., First line: "Sir. William having received a letter", In two columns with the title centered above both; the columns are not separated by rules. In this edition the title is in two lines., Oliver Puzzle-cause is a pseudonym., Below signature in second column: Price three half-pence., Mounted on leaf 59. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A curious letter from Oliver Puzzle-cause
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.07.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Alternative Title:
- Late epistle to Mr. Cleveland and Cabin council
- Description:
- Title from first line of letterpress below image., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., "To be had at the Acorn facing Hungerford Market in the Strand."--Bottom of sheet., "Pr. 6d."--Bottom of plate., Broadside poem illustrated with etching at top of sheet. Title on etching: Cabin council., Mock paraphrase of Admiral Byng's letter to John Cleveland, Admiralty., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: cabin on Ramillies (admiral's ship) -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Furnishings: porcelain -- Guns: cannons -- 2nd Earl of Effingham -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry IV -- Literature: quotation from Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680., and Watermark: countermark I V.
- Publisher:
- Edwards & Darly
- Subject (Name):
- Byng, John, 1704-1757 and Cornwallis, Edward, 1713-1776
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A late epistle to Mr. C------d.
4.
- Creator:
- Connecticut. Governor (1769-1784 : Trumbull). Proclamation, November 15, 1783
- Published / Created:
- 1783
- Call Number:
- Folio BrSides +O581 1783 11/15
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Teaching resource: Professor John Mack Faragher, History 141: The American West.
- Publisher:
- Printed by Timothy Green, Printer to the Governor and Company
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut --History --1775-1865
- Subject (Name):
- Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785
- Subject (Topic):
- Boundaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A proclamation : [claiming title in behalf of the State of Connecticut to all the lands lying west of Pennsylvania, and east of the river Mississippi] / given under my hand and seal, at Lebanon, ... this 15th day of November, Anno Domini, 1783 ; Jonth. Trumbull
- Creator:
- Nutter, William, 1754-1802, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1795]
- Call Number:
- Print00890
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date and place of publication from item., Sheet trimmed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- Published Jany. 1st, 1795 by James Wales of Bombay at Mr. R. Cribbs, Carver & Gilder 288 Holborn, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Surgery, Rhinoplasty, and Noses
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A singular operation [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1780]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 780 On58
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Caption title., Place and date of publication based on provence: formerly bound in a collection of chapbooks published in Lichfield in the 1770s., First line: Miss Pure, a very neat and clean-heeled Filly, from Black Mary's Hole, near London ..., A broadside with a simple woodcut above the title, advertising the services and skills of woman, Miss Jenny Foreyard, Cleopatra Tickleback, Diana Trapes, Polly Trim, Jenny Spruce, and Lucy Pleasant., Not in ESTC., and Broadsides printed on laid paper and mounted in an album bound in red, quarter-leather morocco with Cockerell-marbled boards and vellum corners, with black-leather, gilt-stamped spine label. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, England., and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitutes, Prostitution, and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A true list of the sporting ladies
7.
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1780]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 780 On58
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title., Place and date of publication based on provence: formerly bound in a collection of chapbooks published in Lichfield in the 1770s., First line: Miss Pure, a very neat and clean-heeled filly, from Black Mary's Hole, near London ..., A broadside advertising the services and skills of woman, Miss Jenny Foreyard, Cleopatra Tickleback, Diana Trapes, Polly Trim, Jenny Spruce, and Lucy Pleasant, with rates., Not in ESTC., and Broadsides printed on laid paper and mounted in an album bound in red, quarter-leather morocco with Cockerell-marbled boards and vellum corners, with black-leather, gilt-stamped spine label. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitutes and Prostitution
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An entire new list of all the sporting ladies : entered to run here; with a particular account of their pedigrees and performances
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1758]
- Call Number:
- 758.00.00.34++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- A broadside on London Bridge and its partial destruction by fire on 11 April 1758, with an account on the history of bridges on the site and an engraving of the view of London and the River Thames, with the remains of London Bridge in the centre above; engraved title above and letterpress title and text in two columns below
- Alternative Title:
- Chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames from London to Southwark ...
- Description:
- Title from etched text above the design., Letterpress caption title below image and above the two columns of text: A chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames from London to Southwark, 'till the late conflagration of the temporary bridge, the 11th of April, 1758., Titled 'An exact View of London Bridge since the conflagration of the late temporary Bridge, 11th of April, 1758: with an historical account of ditto, sold by W. Herbert' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829., "Price one shilling plain. Colour'd eighteen pence.", Plate mark: 22 x 35 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of price statement from bottom edge., and Mounted to: 57 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Sold by William Herbert, under the Piazzas, on the remains of London-Bridge
- Subject (Geographic):
- Thames River (England), England, London, London., and London (England)
- Subject (Name):
- London Bridge (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Rivers, Bridges, Ruins, Ships, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An exact view of London Bridge since the conflagration of the late temporary bridge
- Published / Created:
- [17--?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- In two columns with title above both and the woodcut in the text of the first column; the columns are separated by ornaments and surrounded by a border., First column begins with 10 items in "Rules to be kept by the Society" and the sermon begins: "Beloved, let me crave your reverend attention,", Text above woodcut: Why should the drunkard strive his acts to smother, drink runs but from one hogshead to another., Imprint below second column., Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Mounted on leaf 35. 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.
- Publisher:
- Sold at Fowler's printing-office
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Temperance, Alcoholism, and Malt
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An extempore sermon, preached in a hollow tree
10.
- Published / Created:
- [1796]
- Call Number:
- File 646 796 At861+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title., Dated June 23, 1796., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812. and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1796 and Elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > At a meeting of the committee for promoting the election of John Horne Tooke Esq. in the parish of St. James’s Westminster ...