Historical printing format; large sheet of paper printed on one side only

A butcher's boy, reading to improve his mind, is so absorbed in his book that his delivery of meat is stolen by a passer-by. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.

Catalogue of a collection of printed broadsides in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries of London / compiled by Robert Lemon.

101 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 29 cm

The printer & the pardoner : an unrecorded indulgence printed by William Caxton for the Hospital of St. Mary Rounceval, Charing Cross / Paul Needham.

The humble address of the ... Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled die lunæ 20 Decembris, 1703

Soden mineral pastilles

Certain orders thought meet to be put in execution against the infection of the plague.

What to do about gas / issued by the Ministry of Home Security.

The tallest man in the world : Herr Winkelmeier, the celebrated Austrian giant, exclusively engaged at the London Pavilion.

Eat as much as you like : £7.95 per person lunch buffet / Poppadom Express.

Genuine Indian arrow root : by appointment of the importer : also some fine turkey rhubarb / sold by Randall and Co.

Animal rights on the web : a few good websites to visit for more information...

Bynin Emulsion : an emulsion of cod-liver oil in Bynin, liquid malt, with hypophosphites : a nerve food and restorative, easy of assimilation ... a concentrated nutrient ... January 1909 ... / Allen & Hanburys Ltd.

Lablogic : St Johns House, 131 Psalter Lane, Sheffield S11 8UX.

Leigh Browne Trust ... : 3, Victoria Street, London, S.W.

The Royal American Midgets at the Piccadilly Hall : afternoon 2 till 5, evening 7 till 9.

Christi eiusque Matris Pietate servata : provisores salutis clodiae : si parte di questa città, per la iddio gratia, libera d'ogni mal contagioso gl'infrascritti per andar ... / Ioan. Bapt. Vianellus Not. Dep.

'Panopepton' presents solids in fluid form / Fairchild Brothers & Foster (Inc) New York.

W. & R. Jacob & Co. Limited : biscuit & cake manufacturers.

At Mr. Brett's, an apothecary, at the upper-end of Prescot-Street, in Goodmans-Fields, London, liveth a chirurgion, who infallibly cures all sorts of squint, or blear eyes : in a short time, without pain or danger, in either age of infancy, tho' of long continuance.

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (woodcut).

The great messenger of mortality; or, A dialogue betwixt death and a lady.

Regimento, e virtudes das pedras cordeaes, compostas, e primeiro inventadas na India pelo Irmão Gaspar Antonio da Companhia de Jesu.

Death and the doctor : at the last yearly court which grim death, as 'tis said, in form duly held in the realms of the dead ...

Appeal for donations / Western Infirmary of Glasgow.

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At Mr. Brett's, an apothecary, at the upper-end of Prescot-Street, in Goodmans-Fields, London, liveth a chirurgion, who infallibly cures all sorts of squint, or blear eyes : in a short time, without pain or danger, in either age of infancy, tho' of long continuance.

The great messenger of mortality; or, A dialogue betwixt death and a lady.

Regimento, e virtudes das pedras cordeaes, compostas, e primeiro inventadas na India pelo Irmão Gaspar Antonio da Companhia de Jesu.

Death and the doctor : at the last yearly court which grim death, as 'tis said, in form duly held in the realms of the dead ...

Appeal for donations / Western Infirmary of Glasgow.

Catalogue of a collection of printed broadsides in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries of London / compiled by Robert Lemon.

The printer & the pardoner : an unrecorded indulgence printed by William Caxton for the Hospital of St. Mary Rounceval, Charing Cross / Paul Needham.

The humble address of the ... Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled die lunæ 20 Decembris, 1703

Soden mineral pastilles

Certain orders thought meet to be put in execution against the infection of the plague.

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At Mr. Brett's, an apothecary, at the upper-end of Prescot-Street, in Goodmans-Fields, London, liveth a chirurgion, who infallibly cures all sorts of squint, or blear eyes : in a short time, without pain or danger, in either age of infancy, tho' of long continuance.

The great messenger of mortality; or, A dialogue betwixt death and a lady.

Regimento, e virtudes das pedras cordeaes, compostas, e primeiro inventadas na India pelo Irmão Gaspar Antonio da Companhia de Jesu.

Death and the doctor : at the last yearly court which grim death, as 'tis said, in form duly held in the realms of the dead ...

Appeal for donations / Western Infirmary of Glasgow.

Catalogue of a collection of printed broadsides in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries of London / compiled by Robert Lemon.

The printer & the pardoner : an unrecorded indulgence printed by William Caxton for the Hospital of St. Mary Rounceval, Charing Cross / Paul Needham.

The humble address of the ... Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled die lunæ 20 Decembris, 1703

Soden mineral pastilles

Certain orders thought meet to be put in execution against the infection of the plague.

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