Historical and Critical Dictionary new volume announced
Next Saturday will be publish'd the forty sixth number of Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary in eight sheets. Translation notes from various languages added. life of the anchor prefixed. several learned gentlemen advise preserving Bayle's work. plans include three halfpence a sheet for Lives of eminent men in Britain and Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentz
AR. Bayle
Des Marzeaux
F. RS
Knapton
Midwin
Des Maizeaux
N. BR
Great Britain and
Ireland
Exrosiroxy Notes on the New Testament Weekly Published
Publication announces Last Saturday issue of William Burkitt s Exrosiroxy Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament. Text recited, sense explained, Jesus and Apostles exemplar urged for private family reading. Tenth edition, weekly five shillings sixpence. multiple booksellers listed in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Burkitt
Jesus
J. J
P. Knapton
Ludgate-street
D. Midwinter
R. Robinson
C. Rivington
St Paul’s Churchyard
A. Betterworth
GC. Hitch
Specifick Injection Lotion cures gonorrhea and pox claims
The ad touts a "Specifick Injection, or Lotion" that allegedly cures 673 gonorrheas and prevents venereal disease without mouth medicines. It promises safety, secrecy, and ease for men and women, cites past cures, and sells for 7s 6d with instructions and instruments from John Butler’s in Covent Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Butler
Favern
James-Street
Covent-Garden
N.B
Geneity
Life of Osman the Great and Ottoman Empire Review
This Day iv published, Beauifully printed on fine paper. Life of Osman the Great and Emperor of the Turks, first attempted conquest of Poland and uniting the Ottoman Dominions. Compiled from memoirs of three ambassadors to Grand Signior. Translated from French. Two volumes. Price 4s3d. Printed by J Hazard et al for multiple booksellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osman the Great
Poland
Ottoman Porte
France
Madam de Gomez
la Belle Assemblee
John Williams
Trice
J. Hazard
Stationers-Hall
S. Bire
Ave-Mary-Lane
C. Corbett
Temsle-Bar
C. Ward
R. Chandler
Freer-street
Scarborough
Elixir Claimed To Cure Maladies Of Seminal Emissions
A physician promotes a restorative elixir advertised as a cure for nocturnal emissions and related weaknesses. It pledges to restore blood, nerves, spirits, and reproductive function, claiming success even in severe cases and offering delivery via a goldsmith shop in the Old Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gene
Angelick Snuff Heralded as Most Beneficial World Snuff
An eighteenth century advertisement touts Angelick Snuff as a universal remedy easing head pains, vapors, deafness, eye soreness, toothache, and more. It claims rapid relief for apoplexy and falling sickness, with a claim of over a thousand experiences, offered at one shilling a paper from Jacobs Coffee-house near the Angel and Crown Tavern in Broad Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacobs Caffee
Angel and Crown
Broad-street
Royal Exchange
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William Mowat
Thomas Page
Tower-bill
Neac
Euclid
Haac Parrow
Gumphry Ditton
Thlip Bamford
Excise
Samuel Reyes
Gadbury
Pydean
Sharp
Strerwin
Roger Col
East
West Indies
Mercator
Thomas Hafelden
Havanna
Hlind
Guba
Cayr
James Phely
Curry
Rose-freet
Covent -Curden
Lefit-Humd
Duke of Dorset
Fertot
Portugal
Roussetton
Jace
Merron College
Oxon
Vasconcilos
Angelick
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