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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...

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.

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.

Broadside

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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.

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