Willdey’s Great Toy-Shop London Advertises Mips and Maps
The shop at Ludgate Street offers Mips at 8d per two sheets of Europe and a 1/2 sheet of England Wales and Ireland. Africa America and Mantations in America included. Globe sizes 9 to 20 inches. Telescopes microscopes spectacles toys and shells also sold. Strong praise for quality and price compared with rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mips
London
Willdey
Ludgate-street
Europe
England
Wales
Ireland
America
Advices for parishioners and sermons from early books
A long 18th century advertisement for religious treatises and sermons sold in Fleet Street and Newcastle. It lists multiple works on daily Christian living, Sabbath reading, education, and devotion, plus sermons by Markland, Clarke, Kennet, and Long. Prices range from sixpence to five shillings, with editions in two volumes and recommendations for family reading.
Enquiry into the Causes of the Miseries of the Poor
A historical pamphlet listing taxes excises customs and luxury as causes of poverty. It blames absence of great men corruption at elections neglect of apprentices and idle disorderly laws, with notes on public education, order, and tax reforms. Includes Latin motto and publisher details in Paternoster Row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Industres of Commons
Alfred
Ximines
Saluit
Bell
Imperium i Fanil
Fortuna Ficus
A. Bettesworth
C. Hitch
Red Lion
Paternofter Row
Critical Examination of the Holy Gospels in Luke and Matthew
An 18th century price list advertises religious works including a critical examination of the Holy Gospels as they relate to the birth and infancy of Jesus Christ. It notes further titles by the author of the Vindication of the History of the Septuagint, and announces sermons and charitable accounts tied to Queen Anne’s bounty for clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Christ
T. Woodward
Fleet-treet
Scaliger
Dupin
Hody
Prideaux
Winchester
Andover
Southampton
Ferdinando Warner
Queen Anne
Econ
Eviction Ledger with Added 3 Percent Interest Table
A historical notice describes an eviction ledger and a 3 percent interest addition at one view. It includes calculations for 1 day to 152 days and 1 to 12 months, with rules and examples to cast up interest at any rate. Also provided is a concise table to call up salaries and wages for quick money handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hayes
Princes-street
Bank of England
Amsterdam
London
W. Meadows
Angel
Cornhill
Arthor
The Art of Negotiating with Sovereign Princes and Maxims
An old tract discusses the usefulness of negotiations and the qualifications for choosing ambassadors and envoys. It surveys government maxims and examines the interests of European princes, outlining diplomatic conduct and strategic considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
A Scheme for Reducing Highway Laws to One Act
This Day is published a plan to consolidate all laws relating to common highways into a single Parliament Act and to enhance enforcement. Printed for H. Lintoc at the Cross Keys near St Dunstan’s Church Fleet Street. Also offered are Precedents of Examinations Warrants Bonds Recog nizances Summons Orders and Commitments drawn from the statutes with notes for magistrates in Baltimore selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. ‘Lintoc
St. Dunstan’s Church
Fleet-street
Out of Sessions
Baltardy
Treatise on the Fistula of the Anus from 18th century surgeons
This Day is published a Latin treatise on fistula of the anus by John Astruc physician to the king and duke of Orleans with additions from Fabricius de Aquapendente and Peter de Marchetois. It includes a copper plate and a description of a new instrument invented by Joan Freke senior surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Astruc
France
Augustus the
Poland
Orleans
Fabricius Ab Aquapendente
Peter de Marchetois
Joan Freke
F.R.S
Sc. Bartholomew’s Hospital
John Brocherton
Cornhill
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. Pembercon
Dunstan’s Church
Fleetstreet
Martin Bryson
Newcastle
Church of Winchester
Abraham Markland
St.Cross
Bishop Moor
Samuel Clarke
St. James’s
Westrainster
Foreign
Paris
Basil Kennet
B.D. Jice
Corus Christi College
Oxford
St. Mary-le-Bow
Robert Boyle
John Long
Norwich
St. ry-le-Bow
Arampeon Gurdon
A. M
Sudbury
Price
Mont Domar
Fresidial
Clermont
Williamm Strawan
Veerea
Antae
Fide She
G. Strahan
Royal Exchange
Publishe
Charles I
William
Daniel Neal
R. Hett
Bible and Crown
Maddox
Ss. Asaph
Henry
James III
N. B
R. Francklin
Ruffel-street
Covent-Garden
John Forre
Selden
Fir
Bale
du Fresne
Ralph de Hengham
Heigham Magna
Forte
R. Goflin Ib
Fetter-lane
Baronia Anglica
Capite
Thomas Manox
Jate
His
Historioprapher
Alfo
Exchequer
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