[Prospectuses, catalogues, advertisements, announcements, etc.], [1789-1797]
- Title(s):
- [Prospectuses, catalogues, advertisements, announcements, etc.]
- Physical Description:
- 70 pieces : ill. ; 19-23 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsZ2003 P7Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/581310
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- BAC : Bound together in one vol. in paper wrappers.
Some leaflets addressed to Samuel Torner. His autograph on inside front cover, dated 1797.
Title on case: Collection of oddments belonging to Sam Torner [1789-1797].
Contains catalogues of optical, mathematical and astronomical instruments, excerpts from a book of sermons & another on plants. Also a pamphlet entitled: Premiums offered by the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture. London, 1793.
Includes prospectuses for books published by W. & J. Jones, Lackington & Allen, John Stockdale, Eyre & Strahan, Darton & Harvey, etc. and for books written by J. Pugh, W. Lewin, James Sowerby, etc. on mathematics, travel, natural history, gardening, etc.
Also includes miscellaneous leaflets advertising exhibitions, courses & schools, clothing (especially hosiery and hats), fireworks, auctions of horses and furniture, bankruptcy sales.
Also bound in are playbills, lottery announcements (and 1 ticket), and tickets for admission to trial of Warren Hastings (1732-1818). - Subject Terms:
- Advertising -- Specimens.Astronomical instruments -- Catalogs.Catalogs, Publishers' -- Specimens.Commercial catalogs -- Specimens.Etching -- Specimens -- 1793.Optical instruments -- Catalogs.Torner, Samuel -- Autograph, 1797.
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