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Scrapbook of curiosity, 1730-1771; 1840s;1859
Item — Box CLX-A-353
Identifier: Coll-1848/17-0240
Scope and Contents
This ‘scrapbook of curiosity’ consists of 18th century original advertisements of Rare and Curious Books, Jests, Wits, Facetia, Books on Angling, Poetry from 1730 to 1771. The title page is written in neat, probably late-18th century manuscriptA compilation of over 170 advertisements for new publications, cut from a variety of daily, weekly and monthly periodicals of the mid-18th century. Many of the snippets ate dated, but the works from which they have been extracted are not...
Dates:
1730-1771; 1840s;1859