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To a Factory Wench.
J Meek & Son, Tabernacle Square London [n.d., c.1850].
Valentine, with a coloured lithograph on the front. 4pp, 205 x 130mm (8 x 5").
A man chats up a working class woman of Lancashire. The verse underneath is less than complimentary.
[Ref: 64081] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Sun enters Aries March 20th. 1h. 39m P.M. 1836. Horoscope of the Year.
S.G.
[1836.]
Coloured woodcut. Sheet 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11"). Two tears taped, small hole in image, edges worn. Creasing.
An astrology print, with an image of Britannia standing on a globe, battling a demon, surrounded by 'prophetic' scenes.
[Ref: 63906] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
New Geographical & Educational Works Published by W. & A.K. Johnson, Geographers to the Queen. 4 St Andrew Square Edinburgh. Agents, by Appointment, for the Sale of Ordnance Maps.
[Edinburgh, n.d., c.1850.]
Scarce etched advertisement. Sheet 380 x 235mm (15 x 9½"). Trimmed close for binding, folds.
An advertisement for Johnston's globes, and stands for large-format maps and cases for multiple rolled maps in wooden cases. This advert was published to insert into the rear of other books: the first edition of Charles Dickens' 'Bleak House' (1853) had a similar insert.
[Ref: 63995] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Geo. Lord Macartney, Knight of the Order of the White Eagle and of the Bath.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraved bookplate. Sheet 90 x 70mm (3½ x 2¾"). Trimmed, creased, soiled.
The bookplate of George Macartney (1737-1806) as a baron (created 1776, advanced to earl 1792). He was governor of Madras (1781-5) and the Cape of Good Hope (1796-8), but is best remembered for his embassy to Peking (1792-4).
[Ref: 64078] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
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