Public Notice Denounces False Grocer Advertisements
A London notice exposes grocers for false price claims of sugar and Hyson tea. It notes leading London merchants sell as cheaply as any advertiser and warns readers to beware quack traders. The proclamation promotes a raffle at Horn Tavern Fleet Street to test claims with Foubert’s Mathematical Machine and invites subscribers to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Blakiston
One Tun
Strand
London
Blakiston
Freehold Howes
Forbert Fen. Og
Jai
Hoir
Horn-Tavern
Lavies, &c
Johnson
Editions of OEMS and historical texts announced
An extensive bookseller notice lists multi volume works and publishers. It includes Mr Gay and J Gay editions of OEMS with linguistic and grammatical improvements, and a broad catalog of mathematical, architectural, and historical volumes from Heath Walthoe and others. Notable items include Ammond's Practical Surveyor Second Edition by Samuel Warner, Lediar's History of the Antient Germans in two volumes translated by Thomas Lediar, and the History of Germany set with notes. Various translators and shops across London are named as distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gay
H. Lintot
J. and
R. Tonson
C. Bathurst
P. Knapton
J. Walthoe
A. Ward
Simon Patrick
Ely
John Goodman
Thomas Heath
Fountain Tavern
Strand
I Ammond
Samuel Warner
Ufes
Ufe
Edmunul Stone
F. RS
de Ghales
Europe
Germany
Gaul
John-Jacob Marcou
Auick
Poland
Leipzick
Saxony
Thomas Lediard
Lower
Princed
James Mechell
King’s Arms
Fleetstreet
Che
Travels of Le Bruyn in Muscovy and East Indies
An 18th century advertisement details Le Bruyns travels through Muscovy Persia and the East Indies with copper plate engravings of cities peoples plants and antiquities. Also notes an account of Iosaints ambassador through Russia Tatary to China and remarks on G Harpin Kempingr and a letter to the Andhour. Published by multiple London booksellers with an emphasis on Moscow before a great fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
W. Monro
W. Druchmmond
Z. Longman
W. Innis
R. Manby
A. Bettesworth
C. Hirch
J. Davidson
J. Oswald
E. Cave
London
Merl Smith
Bruce
Dublin
Stalker
Glasgow
Sandtorius
Dr. Keil
R. LE Bruyn
PersePucis
Chel Minar
Isoaants
Muscovy
Russia
Tatery
China
John G Harpin
Kempingr
Andhour
A. Betterworth
Hitch
G. Davis
Pacer-nofter
Birtin Ave
Maryslane
J. Clarke
Royal Exchange
S. Harding
Martin Sone
D. Browne
A. Millar
Temple-Bar
J. Shuckburgh
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Hanover Square
Houthold
Primiere
Siomon Laphead
Theodore Plumb
Drenwell
Richard
George
Solomon
Julia
Plumb
Jan
Sheodore
Truegood
Salomon
Theodore
Sharlot
SirSolomon
Newman
England
Holbourn
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