Grosvenor Prints

Alfabete de Sordi-Muti A. Padrecca Sordo-Muts desegno' il 27 Gennajo 1817 in Milano.
Padrecca.
Lithograph. Printed area 400 x 280mm. Creased.
This manual alphabet is executed using only one hand, and are frequently found as parts of sign languages. These are not used for writing per se, but for spelling out words while signing.
[Ref: 4524] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The World as it is in 1841: or Notions of Nations. With the Population, Taxtion, Debts, and Relative Resources of the Chief States. Intended as a Companion for the Counting-House of t English Merchant and the Study of the Man of the World. By W.R. Goodluck, Author of ''A View of the World,'' "French Genders," "Doings of England," &c.
[1841]
Scarce letterpress. Sheet 200 x 320mm (8 x 12½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
A letterpress table, with the author's personal view of the countries listed.
[Ref: 62248] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Tabulam hanc a se restauratam, et Supplementis quibusdam egregiis humanissime sibi subministratis auctam, Musei Britannici Curatoribus, Muneris et Observantiae suae quasi Primitias, D.D.D. Carolus Morton M.D. Soc. Reg. Lond. a Secretis. Col. Med. etc. AD 1759.
Eduardi Bernardi S.T.P. et Astronomiae apud Oxonienses Professoris Saviliani, Orbis eruditi Literatura a Charactere Samaritico deducta, & A.D. 1689. ab ipso edit. J. Gibson Sculp.
[1759.]
Engraved table, 410 x 580mm. 16 x 22¾". Some soiling/staining. Some of inscription missing, marginal tears and tear to either end of centrefold.
A chart deciphering the alphabets of various languages and civilisations, based on the observations of Edward Bernard (1638 - 1696). Published by Charles Morton (1716 - 1799), principal librarian of the British Museum, in an improved edition of Bernard's ‘Engraved Table of Alphabets'.
[Ref: 9530] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Arithmetical Tables.
London: Sold Wholesale by Thomas Darton, 25, Great Surry Street; where most kinds of useful School-Books may be had, Wholesale and Retail. [n.d. c.1810.]
Engraving, paper watermarked: [?] 1810, scarce. 203 x 330mm (8¼ x 13"). Nicks, tears, chips to paper, staining. Folds. Loss top left corner.
Arithmetical Tables with other tables showing how to measure weight, time etc, and a mariner's compass.
[Ref: 29022] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Collection of all the Characters Simple and Compound with their Modifications Which appear in the Inscription on a Stone found among the Ruins of Ancient Babylon sent, in the yeat 1801, as a present to Sir Hugh Inglis Bar.t by Harford Jones Esq.r then the Honorable the East India Company's Resident at Bagdad; and now deposited in the Company's Library in Leadenhall Street, London.
Collected, Etched and Published June the 1st 1807 by Tho:s Fisher.
Etching, extremely rare. Sheet 405 x 320mm, 16 x 12½". Mounting tape at top edge.
A collection of Babylonian cuniform letters, one of the earliest known forms of written expression. Originally developed Sumer as pictographs, the script evolved, making the letters easier to scratch on clay tablets. In use for 35 centuries it became obsolete in Roman times, so the ability to read them disappeared also. The script was finally diciphered in 1857. The original stone was given by Sir Harford Jones-Brydges (1764-1847) to the chairman of the East India Company in 1801, Sir Hugh Inglis (1744-1820)
[Ref: 22127] £320.00

A Blessing. May the blessing of God await thee...
J.T. Wood [n.d., c.1840.]
Etching on porcelain card. 60 x 95mm (2½ x 3¾"). Some oxidisation of bottom edge, laid on album paper. Damaged.
A blessing within a foliate border.
See: Ref: 56335
[Ref: 56338] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Deaf & Dumb Alphabet]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Wood engraving. Sheet 460 x 440mm (18 x 17¼"). Trimmed into image at top, losing title, trimmed close bottom left for binding, splits to folds, creases.
An early version of the British Sign Language, with llustrations of the signs for the 26 letters of the alphabet, 'good' & 'bad', with two illustrations of the technique in use. A few of the signs are different to the modern usage.
See Ref 58799
[Ref: 58797] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Scrap book relating to deafness and sign-language, with scraps dated 1748-1885, with leaflets from the 1930s loosely inserted.]
[n.d., c.1885.]
Limp wrappers with wood engraved scrap, 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"), 16 scraps pasted on 12 leaves and back inner cover, three items relating to Selwyn Oxley inserted, includes Deaf & Dumb Alphabet.
Scraps illustrating British Sign Language, with news cuttings and promotional material for deaf associations and homes. The book collection of Selwyn Oxley (d.1951) on deafness forms the core of the University College London Ear Institute & Action on Hearing Loss Libraries.
See Ref 58797
[Ref: 58799] £550.00 view all images for this item

Cheap Repository. The Carpenter; Or, the Danger of Evil Company.
Sold by S.Hazard, Printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) at Bath; By J. Marshall, Printer to the Cheap Repositories No 17 Queen-Street, Cheap-Side, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard; R. White, Piccadilly, London; and by all Booksellers, Newwsmen, and Hawkers, in Town and Country. [n.d., c.1800.]
Broadsheet with wood engraving. Printed area 390 x 230mm, 15¼ x 9".
One of Hannah More's 'Cheap Repository' tracts, designed to teach the poor her moral beliefs, including sobriety, humility, industry, reverence for the British Constitution, hatred of the French, trust in God and in the kindness of the gentry. Usually three were published every month, and it is estimated that in the late 1790s two million were sold every year, encouraged by the low price. This tract states "Great Allowance will be made to Shopkeepers and Hawkers. Price an Half-penny, or 2s.3d. per 100. 1s.3d. for 50, 9d for 25".
[Ref: 16708] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

[Educational Lotto of cities of the world.]
[German, c.1860.]
17 coloured lithographs (of 18), mounted on card as issued. 140 x 165mm (5½ x 6½"). A few signs of use.
A series of cards, each with five small views of cities, numbered to 1-80 & 86-90, with their names, their rivers and population, written in German, French and English. All but two (80 - Constantinople & 88 - New York) are European.
[Ref: 58058] £480.00 view all images for this item

''A Cockney'' being John Minsheu's Definition from his Guide into the Tongues as published in London, 1627. 2631. A Cockney, applied only to one borne within the sound of Bow-Bell, i. within the City of London, which terme came first out of this tale:...
Cha. Sigrist '48. [in pencil.]
Engraved in the style of the original by Charles Sigrist in London, 1948,- an edition of 70 copies only for sale; and published by B.F. Stevens & Brown, L.td in the same city;-No. [27].
Etching. Plate: 210 x 175mm (8¼ x 7''), with large margins. Surface dirt.
A letterpress definition of a 'cockney', with illustrations of a cockrell crowing, a young boy with a catapult and the belfrey of St. Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside.
[Ref: 50391] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Deaf & Dumb Alphabet.
[n.d., c.1830]
Lithograph printed on yellow paper, approx. 145 x 90mm. Glued to backing sheet with coloured strips of paper used as mount.
[Ref: 15831] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[10 National Flags]
[Anon., c.1860]
Lithograph, sheet 125 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Glued to album sheet.
Ten flags, including the Papal standard, Russian Man of War. the Persian Shah and an unusual Stars & Stripes pennant. Centrally is the early American flag.
[Ref: 40380] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Geography of History. Relative Situation of the States and Sovereigns of Europe, from William the Conqueror to the present time; containing an easy and certain method of reading and studying History to advantage. By Mr A. Le Sage. N.B. The Reader is requested before he consults the Map to peruse the Explanations and Remarks which accompany it.
Printed by A. Paris, Rolls'-buildings, Fetter-lane; and sold by A. Dulau, 107, Wardour-street, J. de Boffe, Gerrard-street, Soho; and J. Boosey, Broad-street, Royal Exchange.
Hand-coloured letterpress. Sheet: 455 x 580mm (18 x 23''). Laid on canvas, foxing and creasing.
A chart explaining the monarchs, events, religions and illustrious men in European countries from the 1100s to 1700s.
[Ref: 50115] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Hebr[ew/aic] [Alp]habet
[Anon., c.1800]
Two wood-engraved sheets, each approx. 190 x 85mm (7½ x 3¼) pasted to backing sheet with small engraving of lighted candle and motto 'Alteri Serviens Consumor' and ms fragment reflecting on this 'In serving others, I myself destroy. This motto cannot [text missing] a lighted candle, than it is of a methodist preacher'. Damaged.
[Ref: 44494] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Historical Chart listing events and notable people from 1050 to 1800]
[n.d., c.1800]
Scarce etching with hand-colouring, 'J Whatman 1811' watermark; platemark 360 x 360mm (14¼ x 14¼") large margins. Tear bottom left.
Unsual and fascinating chronology divided into six sections: 'Eminent Men'; 'Miscellanies'; 'General History'; 'English History'; 'Kings of France, Spain & Scotland, & Popes'; and 'English Sovereigns'.
[Ref: 41534] £380.00

The Honest Merchant or, Thorowgood to Trueman [...]
Bland, Scrip.t G.B. Sculp. [c.1741]
Engraving, 18th century watermark, platemark 330 x 200mm (13 x 8"), large margins.
Plate engraved by the printmaker and writing-master George Bickham (1683/4-1758), probably published in 'The Universal Penman' (1733-41). The culmination of Bickham's work as an engraver of calligraphy, this contained examples by twenty-five writing-masters (John Bland in this case) over 212 plates.
[Ref: 44506] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Fair in Hyde Park. August, 1814.
I.G. [Lady Julia Gordon.]
Etching, printed on yellow paper. Sheet: 320 x 200mm, (12½ x 8") large margins.
A scene in Hyde Park at the Jubilee Fair, part of the Peace Celebrations of 1814, one of the most spectacular events ever held in Hyde Park. Depicted are a large cowd of people standing by stalls labelled 'Wellington' and 'Blucher' selling mementos. In the centre of the crowd is a large dias with dancing and a band, next to which is a stall labelled 'Royal Museum Tower of London.' The 500 booths had everything from sword swallowers to printing presses producing views of the scene. Lady Julia Gordon (1775–1867, neé Julia Isabella Levina Bennet) was a pupil of both J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Girtin. Her husband, General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, was Quartermaster General during the Peninsular Wars.
[Ref: 39989] £125.00 (£150.00 incl.VAT)

Infant's School Pictures No. I. Patriarchal Times. A woman drawing water from a well...[description follows].
London, Published by James Nisbet, 21, Berners Street, and Edmund Fry, 73, Houndsditch [n.d., c.1845]. Price per Set, (containing 4 Pictures), 2/6 plain or 4/- coloured.
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 280 x 380mm. 11 x 15". Stitching holes to margins.
An illustration of everyday life in the Holy Lands during biblical times. From a set of educational lithographs for schools.
For another print from the same series see ref. 10913.
[Ref: 24652] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Invoyces Invoyces shew the Cost and Charges on Goods sent by Sea from one Place to another [...]
G.J. Bickham sc. [c.1733-41]
Engraving, 18th century watermark, platemark 330 x 200mm (13 x 8") large margins.
Plate engraved by the printmaker and writing-master George Bickham (1683/4-1758), probably published in 'The Universal Penman' (1733-41). The culmination of Bickham's work as an engraver of calligraphy, this contained examples by twenty-five writing-masters over 212 plates.
[Ref: 44508] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Historical Chart of the Government of Israel under their Kings. Explanation. The above Historical Chart is designed to exhibit in one View the Government of Israel and Judah under their Kings to the Babylonish Captivity, with the cotemporary and subsequent Prophets to the Close of the Old Testament; together with the Chronology of the Books of Ezra, Esther and Nehemeah...The lines from the Kings and the Prophets are drawn obliquely to the Scales, for the purpose of placing the Names at equal distances, hence, it will be necessary, in making a Reference, to carry the Eye from the Name to the Scale for its proper Position.
Ent.d Sta. Hall. S. Straker Lith. George Yard, Lombard Street, London.
Pub.d by J. Neighbout, Saint Clements, Oxford.
Lithograph. 440 x 299mm (17¼ x 11¾"). Very scarce.
A chart of the Kings and Prophets of Israel and Judah.
[Ref: 30037] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A General Table of the Italian Verbs, Regular and Irregular, By which the formation of any Tense of Person required may be immediately found. Executed by R. Zotti, after the French plan laid down by R. Juigné, in his table of the French verbs [...]
Sold by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-Hall-Court; A.B. Dulau & Co. Soho-Square; Longman & Co. Paternoster-Row; Whittaker & Co. Avemaria Lane; and all Booksellers.
Letterpress on linen, sheet 670 x 515mm (26½ x 20¼"). Folded.
A fantastic design showing large table for conjugating Italian verbs.
[Ref: 41288] £360.00

A General Table of the Italian Verbs, Regular and Irregular. By which, the Formation of any Tense or Person required, may be immediately found.
By R.Zotti, after the table of the French Verbs by R.Juigné.
Sold by R.Zotti, No. 16, Broad Street, Golden Square. [n.d., c.1810.]
Letterpress broadsheet, some colour highlights, backed with paper. Sheet 640 x 485mm. Some wear.
[Ref: 7182] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Knowledge In Nature's Search we to the Cause advance; / But Knowledge must inform our Ignorance [...]
[George Bickham, c.1733-41?]
Engraving, 18th century watermark, sheet 280 x 235mm (11 x 9¼"). Trimmed inside platemark lower edge.
Plate probably engraved by the printmaker and writing-master George Bickham (1683/4-1758) and published in 'The Universal Penman' (1733-41). The culmination of Bickham's work as an engraver of calligraphy, this contained examples by twenty-five writing-masters over 212 plates.
[Ref: 44507] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

The Lord's Prayer in Seven Different Languages.
Ent.d at Stationers' Hall. Pub.d by J.T. Wood, 33, Holywell Street, Strand. London. June 12 1841.
Stained.
Crucifix divided into seven sections, each of which contains a circle in which the lord's prayer is written in a different language. The languages are: English, French, Greek, Latin, German, Spanish and Italian. Printmaking typical of the Victorian period, which delighted in puzzles, riddles and novel ways of combining text and image.
[Ref: 39850] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Lord's Prayer in Ten Different Languages.
Ent.d at Stationers' Hall. London Pub.d July 1 1841 by J.T. Wood, 33, Holywell Street, Strand.
Etching on porcelain card. Sheet 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Within the eye at top is the Lord's Prayer in English; the roundels are in Welsh, French, German, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese and German. Underneath, the word 'Bible' is made up of facts about the Good Book. A typical example of the Victorian educational print genre, which delighted in puzzles, riddles and novel ways of combining text and image.
See Ref: 48813 & 48812
[Ref: 56335] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton and Baronet.
[Anon., c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 425 x 235mm (16¾ x 9¼").
Coat of arms of George Lyttelton, first Baron Lyttelton (1709-73), politician and writer.
Provenance: Thomas Pitt 1st Baron Camelford
[Ref: 45278] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Life of Moses.
Pub.d by J.T. Wood. 9, Curriers Hall Ct. London Wall. [n.d., c.1845.]
Engraving on pocelain card. Sheet 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
A religious education card, with six scenes from the life of Moses and a representation of the Ten Commandments.
[Ref: 51377] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Moses in the Bulrushes.
York: Printed and Sold by M.W. Carrall, near Foss Bridge, where Travellers may be supplied.
Broadside, woodcut and letterpress. Sheet 360 x 235mm (14¼ x 9¼"). Tear in lower edge, mounted on album paper, time stained.
A scene of Moses in his basket, found by Pharoh's daughter, with an extesnive descriptive verse underneath. The printer Carrall was active in York between c.1817 and c.1830, publishing illustrated broadsides, including religious and trial accounts, as well as books.
[Ref: 28710] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Multiplication Table on a New & Extended Plan.
[n.d., William Snow? c.1820.]
Rare engraving with hand colour. Circle, 100mm (4") diameter. Trimmed to printed border, as issued?
A disk with multiplications from 2 to 24. The publisher William Snow issued many such educational cards.
[Ref: 57006] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

National Union for Improving the Education of Woman of All Classes. Central Committee. We wish to draw your attention to the great need of really good Schools that can be attended at a moderate cost, for the better education of Girls and Young Women. This want was shown to exist by the reports of the Schools Enquiry Commission. The Union for Improving the Education of Women proposes to meet this want, and as the necessary funds are too large to be provided out of private means, and the hope of help from endowments is remote, the experiment is to be tried of raising them by a Limited Liability Company, which will begin by founding a public Day School for Girls in South-west London. This is the scheme for which we ask support, especially by taking Shares. Should this School succeed, similar Schools will be founded in other places wherever wanted. We therefore send you the Prospectus of the proposed School, and also a Circular of the Union, which will explain the objects for which it was founded. On behalf of the Committee, Signed, [facsimile signature:] Princess Louise Marchioness of Lorne. President of the Union.
[1871.]
Letterpress, scarce. 260 x 209mm. 10¼ x 8¼". Two folds through.
Maria Georgina Grey (1816-1906) was an educationalist and writer in the United Kingdom who promoted women's education. In 1871 she presented the idea of creating a national movement which would promote women's education to the Society of Arts, which offered great support. With Princess Louise as patroness, she sought to establish good and cheap day schools for all classes above the level of elementary education.
[Ref: 21032] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Numbers.] See Pierot or Lun A Figure of One...
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare hand-coloured woodcut. Sheet: 165 x 270mm (6½ x 10½''). Trimmed, some repaired tears.
A series of vignettes showing numbers 0-9 formed by a pierot in various poses, child's education sheet.
[Ref: 51037] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Amen. [Devotional card.]
Eimmart del. Geo: Child Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles, at No.13 in Cornhill. [n.,d., c.1760.]
Etching, plate 115 x 80mm. 4½ x 3¼". Three small worm holes to image.
A curious prayer or devotional card, at its centre an eagle enclosed in a heart-shaped cartouche, a hand emerging from clouds above.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10857] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Prince of Wales's own Alphabet.
Griffiths patent [c.1846]
Title and twenty-six lithographic illustrations, scarce, each approx. 80 x 95mm (3 x 3¾"). Glued to three album sheets, with ms. identifying owner 'Emily Marten Westwood 1846'
Complete set of illustrations, seemingly published to capitalize on interest in the Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and future Edward VII.
[Ref: 47627] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

The Quarterings belonging to the Right Honourable George Baron Lyttelton To the Right Rev.d Charles Lyttelton Lord Bishop of Carlisle, This Plate Engraved at his Expence, and Given as an Addition to this Work, is most humbly Inscribed By his Lordship's most Humble & Obe.t Servant. Joseph Edmondson. Mowbray Herald.
[c.1740]
Engraving, platemark 425 x 240mm (16¾ x 9½") large margins..
Quarterings belonging to George Lyttelton, first Baron Lyttelton (1709-73), politician and writer.
Provenance: Thomas Pitt 1st Baron Camelford
[Ref: 45277] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

History Made Easy [Royal] Genealogy Since The Conquest.
Entered at Stationer's Hall. Chart, Two Shillings. Key to Do. One Shilling [here lacking]. Published by W. Pinnock, Newbury, Berks and sold by all Booksellers in the United Kingdom [n.d., c.1810-1820].
Engraved folding genealogical chart, c.400 x 500mm. 15¾ x 19¾". Folds splitting, repaired.
A large circular diagram at centre traces the genealogy of British royalty since the Norman Conquest. In surrounding cartouches a list of British rulers from Egbert to Harold, a list of consorts since the Conquest, and 'Notes' and 'Directions' to the reader. An interesting and probably scarce piece of educational ephemera. The chart was perhaps originally intended to be mounted on linen and folded into a cardboard slipcase.
[Ref: 23518] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Extraordinary Exploit On Tuesday the 17th of January 1826, Mr. Henry Hunt Jun.r for a bet of 100 Guineas made with a Noble Lord of sporting celebrity drove his Father's Matchless Blacking Van with four blood horses upon the Ice over the Serpentine at the broadest part[...]
Ingrey & Madeley Lithog. 310 Strand
J. Limbird 143 Strand [1826]
Scarce lithograph, sheet 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Glued to backing sheet at top corners. Bottom left corner made up.
Illustration of a man driving a van across the Serpentine river in London's Hyde Park for a bet. The text assures us that 'he accomplished the hazardous task in the grandest style without the smallest accident'.
[Ref: 39595] £480.00

[Shorthand] Phonography, or Writing by Sound, being also A New & Natural System of Short Hand.
[Invented & Drawn by I. Pitman, 5, Nelson Place, Bath.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 170 x 200mmm (6¾ x 8"). Trimmed to border on three sides, laid on album paper. Very small hole on left centre.
A page of examples of Isaac Pitman's shorthand, first demonstrated in 1837, from Pitman's Journal.
[Ref: 62244] £380.00

The first Sock. 36 Stitches.
Jesse W. Ward, Steam Printer, Croydon [n.d., c.1885].
Leaflet. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"), folded twice. A little toning in edges.
A guide to knitting socks with 'Scotch Yarn, or Knitting Cotton'.
[Ref: 57588] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The Lord's Prayer. Belief. & Ten Commandments. Hallelujah.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Steel engraving on porcelain paper. Sheet 70 x 110mm (2¾ x 4¼").
A Sunday School card with the three texts in tiny writing.
See Ref: 48813 & 48814
[Ref: 48812] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Life of Christ.
Pub. by J.T. Wood, 9 Curriers Hall Court, London Wall. [n.d., c.1850.]
Steel engraving on porcelain paper. Sheet 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾").
A Sunday School card with vignette scenes of the Life of Christ; the texts of The Lord's Prayer and The Belief; and the word 'Bible' in micrography.
See: Ref: 48812 & 48814
[Ref: 48813] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The Beauties of the Holy Bible.
Engraved, Printed & Published by H. Green, 7 Neviles Court, Fetter Lane, London
Steel engraving on porcelain paper, printed in blue. Sheet 95 x 140mm (3¾ x 5½").
A Sunday School card with vignette scenes of the Life of Christ.
See Ref: 48813 & 48812
[Ref: 48814] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Hymns. By B.J. Montgomery Esq. for the Sunday School Jubilee Sep. 14, 1831. Anniversary of the Birth-day of R. Raikes, Esq. the Founder of Sunday Schools.
Sold at the Sunday School Union Depository 5 Paternoster Row [c.1831].
Letterpress broadside handbill; engraved lettering below steel-engraved portrait of Robert Raikes, and sitter's facsimile signature. India(?) paper on card, sheet 175 x 110mm, 7 x 4¼". Lacking margins, with corners rounded (as issued?).
Two columns of six verses each, captioned 'Monmouth' (left) and 'Cranbrook' (right). Robert Raikes (1735 - 1811) was a journalist and promoter of Sunday Schools. These bills would have been issued by the regional headquarters of his foundations throughout the country to celebrate his birthday. A philanthropist and businessman, Raikes campaigned for prison reform and devoted himself to establishing Sunday Schools. In 1780, he founded the first formal, free Sunday School in Gloucester. As editor and owner of the Gloucester Journal he was able to use his own newspaper to promote the idea that Sunday Schools could prevent juvenile delinquency, religious ignorance and unemployment by teaching children to read and write.
See item Ref: 16769 for a similar Newcastle imprint.
[Ref: 27923] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Tablet of Cebes.
[n.d., c. 1830.]
Ink mss. with watercolour wash, sheet 230 x 145mm. 9 x 5¾". Tear and chip to top edge.
Manuscript diagram to explain the philosophies of Cebes of Thebes, a disciple of Socrates and Philolaus. He is one of the speakers in the Phaedo of Plato, in which he is represented as an earnest seeker after virtue and truth, keen in argument and cautious in decision. Three dialogues, the Hebdome, the Phrynichus and the Pinax or Tabula, are attributed to him. The two former are lost, and most scholars deny the authenticity of the Tabula on the ground of material and verbal anachronisms. The Tablet of Cebes professes to be an interpretation of an allegorical picture in the temple of Cronus at Athens or Thebes. The author develops the Platonic theory of pre-existence, and shows that true education consists not in mere erudition, but rather in the formation of character. Parallels are often drawn between this work and John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
[Ref: 10292] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[A volvelle disk with a map of the Northern Hemisphere.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce engraving with original hand colour. Cut into a circle, 115mm (4½") diameter, pinhole in centre. Lacking backing sheet.
A volvelle disk, probably for calculating time difference.
See reference 56881
[Ref: 56798] £320.00

M. 70 [Five Chinese warriors.]
Working Mens Educational Union, King William Street, Trafalgar Square, London. [n.d., c.1860.]
Colour lithograph on linen, 980 x 1240mm (38½ x 48¾"). A few signs of wear as is usual with these items.
Five Chinese warriors in a war camp. The Working Mens Educational Union was a philanthropic society founded in 1853 to provide education to the working classes. This sheet would have been used in their lectures, held in various locations. They were printed on linen to avoid paper duty. Considering its purpose the colour is still surprisingly vivid, with the linen still strong.
Exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1952.
[Ref: 6394] £950.00

254. [The Sphinx & Pyramids.]
Religious Tract Society. 66 Paternoster Row and 65 St Paul's Churchyard. [n.d., c.1860.]
Colour lithograph on linen, 980 x 1240mm. A few signs of wear as is usual with these items.
With Bedouins at prayer under the Sphinx.
Exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1952.
[Ref: 6412] £650.00

St. Neots Union Workhouse. Dietary Table, 1867. The Poor Law Board sanction the above Dietary. Ralph Earle, Secretary. By order of the Board of Guardians, J.H. Ennals, Clerk.
Poor Law Board, 26th January, 1867.
Letterpress broadside, two tables; one of recommended portions of dietary stables for adults, the other of equivalents for children under 16 (subdivided into three age groups). Sheet 445 x 285mm, 17½ x 11¼". Folds, spotting and tatty extremities.
Introduced under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, a workhouse was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work. This piece of ephemera printed for the Poor Law Guardians of St. Neots represents an interesting piece of social history.
Provenance: from a scrap album compiled c.1840 - 1880 by Alfred Towgood of Riverside, a paper mill owner at St. Neots, Huntingdon. He was also a Lieutenant in the Duke of Manchester's Light Horse.
[Ref: 17179] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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