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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 28, 1744
Page
2
A published item from 18th century sources notes Admiral Vernon’s views on the state of the Royal Navy. The pamphlet includes his letter to the Board of Admiralty and an illustrative letter to the board’s secretary. Printed by W. Bickerton at Temple Exchange, Fleet Street.
An advertisement lists iOGRAPHIA CLASICA a two volume set on Grecian and Roman authors with notes, glosses on laws and customs, and a second edition of Satires of Juvenal with explanatory notes. Also advertised are translations of Lucretius and other works with copperplate illustrations and indices.
The notice advertises various Latin language books and grammars available in Edinburgh and Glasgow, including Rudiments of the Latin Tongue and Tacit Opera. Prices range from low shillings to several guineas, with multiple editions and publishers listed.
A brochure lists multiple historical works on European power. Topics include the life of Louis XIV Francis Eugene Prince of Savoy Marlborough Peter the Great and a new history of war in Europe. It promotes comprehensive narratives of wars in Flanders Italy Holland and the Danube with reflections on political and military events. Pricing shown as 2s. and notes publication by James Hodges Looking-Glass.
The piece discusses the fourth volume of State Trials detailing the depositions of Dr Tires Gates against Rev. Adam Elliot of the Church of England. It notes accusations of perjury, a cruel death sentence, and Gates's later conviction. The material is attributed to the author and printed in 1632 by Geo. Strahan at the Golden Ball in Cornhill.
Catalog of books recently issued by W. Meadrows at the Angel in Cornhill including Haynes’s financial guides and tables for money, bonds, and annuities, Virgil in English verse, travelers’ accounts, medical texts, and various historical and religious works. Leading items emphasize financial calculations, exchange rates, and shipping ledgers.
Advertises the fifth edition of The Life of Oliver Cromwell with additions and a chronological account from birth to death. Mentions price, publisher J Brotherton, and shop in Cornhill. Also promotes a separate panacea for paralysis and nervous disorders sold at Mrs Markham's Toyshop with claims of instant relief and universal cure.
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