Publick Statutes Abridgment Volumes Offered at King’s Printing Office
An advertisement announces two richly printed volumes of a new abridgment of public statutes from Magna Carta to the eleventh year of the king’s reign. Published by John Day at £9, available at Blackfriars Royal Printing Office and R. Gosling near Fetter Lane Fleet Street. The set includes volumes in octavo format to complete gentlemen’s libraries.
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Henry
John Day
King’s
Black Fryars
R. Gosling
Crown
Fetter-Lane
Fleet-Street
The London Magazine June 1739 contents listed
Publication note for The London Magazine for June 1739. It catalogs speeches in Parliament, protests, salaries of convention voters, notable parliamentary speeches, essays on political issues, moral cures, poetry, a Monthly Chronologer, and prices of grain. Includes list of books for sale and subscription details.
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London Magazine
L. Porcius
M. Giganius Maccerinus
Cn. Domitius Calvinus
Lords
C. O
Francis Winnington
John Elliott
Duke of Buckingham
Shalum
Hilpa
T. Astley
St. Paul's
Advertising catalog entry for ancient moral books and authors
A fragment lists multiple early printed works and editions including Erasmus, Esop, and Rotte, with titles such as Fables, Dialogues, Guide to Eternity, and essays by Jeremy Collier. It notes publication details, editors, and sellers like George Scriven at the Golden Ball and references Cowhill Exchange.
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Erasmus Rotterodztais
Rome
Sir Roger
George Scrahan
Cowhill
Jeremy Collier
An Edition on Spelling and Language Teaching by Markham
This long advertisement lists This Day is publish'd the Sixth Edition with new writings on spelling pedagogy and a specimen of hands, plus five new fables engraved by Bickham. It promotes easy methods for teaching reading and spelling for children, with tables of monosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables, and references to notable scholars and royal education.
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Wm. Markham
Tanaquil
London
Roger Ascam
Richard Carew
Milton
Mr. Lock
Burgundy
Anjou
Berry
Lambert
J. T. Puttipps
Prince Wiliam Duke of Cumberland
W. Meadows
Angel In
Cornhill
A Caution against Religious Delusions Sermon on the New Birth
An 18th century religious notice advertises sermons and religious works including A Caution against Religious Delusions and a Charge to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Wilts. It lists titles, authors Henry Sterne D D and others, pricing 6d and 3s 6d, with prints by Fletcher Gyles and Gray's Inn Chapel publications.
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Pbb
Brice
Wilts
Ghubb
Jesus Christ
Henry Srtearne
Fleccher Gyles
Gray’s Inn Chapel
Compleat Housewife and Medicines Guide Announcement
An advertisement for The Compleat Housewife or A Accomplish’d Gentlewoman’s Companion features over six hundred proven recipes for cookery cakes pastry creams confections jellies preserves wines and pickles with copper engravings and monthly bills of fare. It includes more than three hundred family remedies drinks syrups salves ointments and cures for various distempers including Dr Mead’s bite of a mad dog receipt. Printed for J and J Pemberton and Mr Martin Bryson, priced one Guinea bound, with Herman Boerhaave editions and Timothy Da Lowe Latin translation notes.
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J. Pemberton
St. Dunstan’s
Fleet-streec
Martin Bryson
Newcastle
Herman BoernAave
Borainy
Physick
University of Leyden
Timothy DaLowe
Translucent Bansamick Electroquary for Seminal Weaknesses
Advertisement claims a small dose of a “transcendant Bausamick Restrictive ELectuagy” cures chronic greets and seminal weaknesses in days. It promises restoration of back, kidneys, and urinary passages, with dramatic assurances and a price of 6s per pot from Mr Radford's Toy-shop in the Strand.
Course of Lectures in Natural Philosophy by Helfham
This Day is publish'd, price 68. A course of lectures in natural philosophy by the late R Helfham M D professor at Dublin printed for J Nourse. Lectures praised by Bryan Robinson for clarity and method, noted as better suited for youth learning this subject.
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R. Helfham
University of Dublin
Bar. N. B
Bryan Robinson
Isaac Newton
Quintessence Quackery for Inpotency and Barrenness
An 18th century advertisement touts Cordial Quintessence as a premier vipers-based remedy for male impotence and female infertility. It claims swift arousal, lasting sexual power, and broad vitality, urging buyers to seek bottles from Mr. Johnson, Baker, by the Seven Stars in Vere Street, Clare Market, with delivery by messenger.
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West
Johnson
Vere-street
Clare-Market
Messinger
Instructing Book Promises Self Cure for Venereal Disorder
A discounted manual claims to teach readers how to recognize venereal infection, prevent suspicion, and cure themselves with home-made medicines. It offers four new chapters on difficulties in treatment, fears, self cure on travel, and accelerating relief, presented as free at Dr. Ruffel's Holborn parlour.
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Middie-Row
Holborn
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