Complete Builder's Guide and Builder Terms Dictionary
A scanned catalogue description of a comprehensive building reference by Ricware Neve. The Third Edition adds 2700 new articles on architecture and mechanics with numerous listed works and bindings, including price notes and availability across printers and booksellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricware Neve
Philomath
B. Sprint
Jos. Fisher
Tom
Cornhill
Tho. King
Seldan
Flavell
Henry
Heiderici
Montegue
Eircleren
Ainsworth
Grace Hatcon
The Genuine Trial of Capt Porteous in 1736
A list of contents from the Porteous trial including the indictment, jurors, the prisoner’s confession, and the information against Porteous. It outlines the 1736 Edinburgh execution aftermath, the mob’s behavior, and the mercy petition to Queen Caroline, with notes on witnesses and counsel arguments.
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John Porteous
High Criminal Court
Lords of
Scotland
Andrew Wilson
Edinburgh
Charles Hosband
Archibald Ballantyne
John Anderson
Alexander Macneil
Margaret Gordon
Henry Graham
Margaret Arthur
Jane Pear
David Wallace
James Philp
David Kidd
Patrick Spalding
James Lyle
Porteous
G. Verd & Return
Cape Porteous
Caroline
T. Cooper
the Globe
Paternofler-Row
Pope and Bolingbroke Prints and Pope Works Catalog
A 1723 notice promotes prints of the Bolingbroke portrait and Pope materials from Ireland. It lists letters, posthumous Walsh pieces, a Russian lady’s letters about Petersburg, and Pope biographical items. Prices and formats for Pope volumes, poems, essays, and portraits are given with shop location in Covent Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Lord Bolingbroke
Pope
L BoLinGs Broxe
Dean Swift
LSO
Dr. Garth
Lady Ranelagh
Lord Lanfuowne
Mr. Burnaby
William Bromley
Walsh
Mr. Walsh
Compleat City and Country Cook by Charles Carter
By N Bailey and Charles Carter addresses offer the 8vo work The Compleat City and Country Cook Or A compleisa Housewife illustrated with 49 copper plates showing table placements from one to five courses Bills of Fare for all months of the year Also features the Horseshoe Table for Windsor the Lord Mayor for London dinners and a fish table with Carter noted as former cook to noble households
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Bailey
CG. Hitch
Red-Lion
C. Davis
Windsor
London
Charles Carter
Duke of Argyle
Earl of
ICTIONARIUM POLYGRAPHICUM and The Sportsman's Dictionary
A bifurcated advertisement describing Ictionarium Polygraphicum a large two volume arts dictionary with engravings and sections on painting drawing gilding and other crafts. It also notes The Sportsman's Dictionary a country gentleman’s guide to Hawking racing hunting fishing riding and more with breeding and care of horses and dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.ictionarium Polygraphicum
C. Hitch
Red Lion
C. Davis
Paternofter Row
S. Austen
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Breast Tumours and Cancers Cured by Surgeon’s Remedies
An advertisement by Christopher Kelly, surgeon, claims long practice in surgery has cured breast tumours and cancers without opiates or mercurial treatments. He describes symptoms, urges timely care, and says he will visit patients unable to travel, offering treatment at his Hatton Garden address in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatton Garden
Hatton Wall
London
Christopher Kelly
This Day Satire Volume Printed for T Cooper Globe
This Day is published a collection of satires in four numbered pieces including On National Vices Inscribed to various initials On Writers and On Quacks and On Religious Disputes Inscribed to notable names. The volume is printed for T Cooper at the Globe in Pacernofter Row with a marginal Latin line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
Walsingham
Aspice & Hac
Aspice & Hac, Ff Forte Aliquid
Decottius Audis
T. Cooper
the Globe
Pacernofter Row
The New Week's Preparation for a Worthy Supper
An early 18th century tract promotes daily Meditations and Prayers for Morning and Evening in the week, with examination and confession forms. It claims to strip ecstatic expressions and offer a plain orthodox service for private or family use. Printed for E. Wicksteed at the Black Swan in Newgate-tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Subjeé
E. Wicksteed
Black Swan
Newgate-treec
Truffles and Steel Remedies for Ruptures and Ailments
An advertisement by Richard Meares offers truffes and steel instruments for ruptures and various afflictions including navel and groin hernias, weak legs, neck-Swings, and knee pieces. Items costume steel backs and collars, cat-skin devices, and a modern machine for navel ruptures. It promises immediate relief, hospital-price aid for the poor, and multilingual access for foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Meares
Hyde-Park-Corner
France
Les Etrangers
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Republic
Schamazi
Cole
Ovid
Plautus
Waller
Mason
Mednlla Hift
Anglicana
Hicks
Jenks
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