Plagues and pestilences no. 1 : London 1665 : Pasteurella pestis x 1000 / Menley & James Limited.

Date:
[between 1950 and 1969]
  • Ephemera

About this work

Description

Number one in a series of leaflets on plagues and pestilences issued by Menley & James Limited. The first page has a colour reproduction of an artwork by Denys Robert Charles Short (b. 1927) entitled 'London 1665', and an image under the microscope of the bacterium Pasteurella pestis. The leaflet advertises 'Furacin', 'Pendex', 'Pragmatar', 'Edrisal' tablets, 'Pyridium' tablets, and 'Drinamyl' tablets.

Publication/Creation

Coldharbour Lane, London : Menley & James, Limited, [between 1950 and 1969]

Physical description

1 folded sheet (4 pages) : colour illustrations

Notes

The title has been taken from wording on the object.

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Where to find it

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    Closed stores
    EPH/343/5

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