Work consisting of published pieces of paper or other material, usually printed on one side and intended to be read unfolded and usually intended to be posted, publicly distributed, or sold, e.g., proclamations, handbills, newssheets, etc. (From Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, 2d ed)
    

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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.

Gaza Chymica: or, a magazin, or store-house of choice chymical medicines / faithfully prepared, in my laboratory, at the sign of Hermes Trismegistus in Watlin-street in London, by me George Wilson, Philo-Chym. 1686.

Flying leaves and one-sheets : Pennsylvania German broadsides, Fraktur, and their printers / Russell Earnest and Corinne Earnest with Edward L. Rosenberry.

A century of Ontario broadsides, 1793-1893 : a typographic exhibition in the Toronto Public Library, June, 1965.

The down-right country-man; or, The faithful dairy-maid· : utmind [sic] how country lads do boast, whilst Londoners are blam'd, and country lasses praised most, while ours are wags proclaim'd. The tune is, Hey boys up go we: or, Busie fame.

Verses composed on the disgraceful traffic at present carried on of raising and selling the newly buried dead / William Smith.

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...

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.

Appeal for donations / Western Infirmary of Glasgow.

By the King : a proclamation for the adiournament [sic] of part of Michaelmas tearme.

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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.

Appeal for donations / Western Infirmary of Glasgow.

By the King : a proclamation for the adiournament [sic] of part of Michaelmas tearme.