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Persistent Promises of Potent Beauty and Potions Volume
A fragmented early modern catalogue advertises various salves and tonics including Royal beautifying fluid for the face hands and neck, with claims of instant redness removal and youthful skin. It lists vendors in London, pricing, and related works on flogging venereal topics and love poems, along with estate sale notices and debt collection summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Curlly
Catherine Irect
John Beaner
iRother Highyalias
Etle
Surry
High Court of Chancery
William
Bigyane
Dinosin’s- Soa
Partiailars
Henry Alhton
Skelmersdale
Henry Athton
Skelmérsdale
Mc. Gibson
Ormskirk
Lancashire
John ’Heys
Gear
Henry Ashton
Gibson
Mr. Heys
London
Robert Glyo
Hatton-Garden
John Holloway
Cornhill
Agnes