Curious Inquisitorial Commodities and a Mysterious Mercury
A mocked catalog of contraband curiosities and political intrigues includes a pliant Italian tale, a flying Mercury for the Spanish Inquisition, a transmuting mirror, and other stock political tricks. The piece notes a Mr Brindford in Covent Garden and vents into a caricature of state surveillance trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Inquisition
Virgil
Pensyworth
Dr. A
Arlington Street
Covent Garden
Portugal
Europe
F—nki
Berwick
Cornwal
Vista
Pidgeonis
Some Thoughts on the Woolen Manufacturers of England
A historical notice notes publication of a letter from Glorhier to a Member of Parliament. Printed for J Roberts in Warwick Lane. The fragment hints at discussions on woolen industry practices and trade policy in England during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
J. Roberts
Warwick-lane
A Letter from MP Pamphlet Corrections List
Readers are urged to amend faults in a pamphlet titled A Letter from a Member of Parliament to the Freeholders. Corrections include Blameworthiness, indiscuible, indefensible, dele to bes, ther to that, for which to that, as Dreadful to lo Dreadful, Inconstane to Inconstancy.
Treatise on Bookkeeping and Merchants Accounts in Italian Method
This brief catalog lists ALEXANDER Malcolm works on accounting and arithmetic for merchants and land estates. It outlines a book on double entry practice, rules for merchants, stewards, retailers, and partners, plus related treatises on music and handwriting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Malcolm
Aberdeen
J.osborn
T. Longman
F. Fayram
E- Symon
Royal Exchange
New Works and Translations in Royal Library Catalog
The catalog lists scholarly titles printed for the king including technical manuals on arms and poetry in several languages. It notes a system of English and ecclesiastical texts from the Codex Ten Ecclesiastical Anglicani of the Lord Bishop of London, with publishers and places across Norwich and Northamptonshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Technica
Ecclesigilici Anglicani
Olan Rey
London
Richard Grey
Reéter Histon
Norchamptonshie
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Tom Timber
Packer
Clies
Lisbon
Phillips
Hocking
Canaries
Yarmouths
York
Duke
Mary
Louisa
Royal Chappel
St. James's
Baron Thomson
William Maynee
John Chapple
Mary Martin
Hoxton Fields
George Whea
White
Whych
John Andrews
William Williams
Chelsea Fields
Alexander Ruffell
Midland
Prince of Wales
House of Commons
Naples
Buckinghamshire
Rome
Italy
Treasury
Custom House
Lord Torrington
Kensington
Ruffia Company
Joseph Baker
Charles Boehm
Edmond Boehm
South Sea Ann
India
S. Royal Aff
London Assurance
Welch
ALT
Sing’s
Te Hi
J Roberts
Warwack-lane
Eurydice
Theatre Royal
I Ta
Cane
J. Walthoe
Cornhill
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