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Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum: or, a general English dictionary, comprehending a brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult words, that derive their Original from other Ancient and Modern Languages; as also, of all Terms relating to Arts and Sciences, both Liberal and Mechanical, viz. Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Physick, Surgery, Anatomy, Chymistry, Pharmacy, Botanicks, Mathematicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, Logick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Traffick, Husbandry, Gardening, Handicrafts, Confectionery, Cookery, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, &c. To which is Added, A Large Collection of Word's and Phrases, as well Latin as English, made use of in our Ancient Statutes, Old Records, Charters, Writs, and Processes at Law, never before publish'd in so Small a Volume: Besides an Interpretation of the proper Names of Men and Women, and several other Remarkable Particulars mentioned in the Preface. The Whole Work Compil'd, and Methodically Digested, for the Benefit of Young Students, Tradesmen, Artificers, Foreigners, and others, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. By John Kersey, Philobibl.
Kersey, John, active 1720.Date: 1715- Books
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Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum: or, a general English dictionary, comprehending a brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult words, that derive their Original from other Ancient and Modern Languages; as also, of all Terms relating to Arts and Sciences, both Liberal and Mechanical, viz. Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Physick, Surgery, Anatomy, Chymistry, Pharmacy, Botanicks, Mathematicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, Logick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Traffick, Husbandry, Gardening, Handicrafts, Confectionery, Cookery, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, &c. To which is Added, A Large Collection of Words and Phrases, as well Latin as English, made use of in our Ancient Statutes; Old Records, Charters, Writs, and Processes at Law, never before publish'd in so Small a Volume: Besides an Interpretation of the proper Names of Men and Women, and several other Remarkable Particulars mentioned in the Preface. The Whole Work Compil'd, and Methodically Digested, for the Benefit of Young Students, Tradesmen, Artificers, Foreigners, and others, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. By John Kersey, Philobibl.
Kersey, John, active 1720.Date: MDCCXXI. [1721]- Books
A complete body of heraldry. Containing, an historical enquiry into the origin of armories, and the rise and progress of heraldry, considered asa science ... The proper methods of blazoning and marshalling armorial bearings ... The arms, quarterings, crests, supporters, and mottos, of all sovereign princes and states; as also the atchievements of the peers, peeresses, and baronets, of England, Scotland, and Ireland. An historical catalogue of all the differentorders of knighthood ... The arms of the counties, cities, boroughs, and towns corporate, in England and Wales; and of the abbies and religious houses founded therein: as also those of the royal boroughs in Scotland; and of the societies, bodies corporate, trading companies, &c. in London. The arms of archiepiscopal and episcopal sees in England and Ireland, and of those heretofore established in Scotland ... A discourse on the origin, use, and abuse, of funeral trophies. Glover's ordinary of arms, augmumented and improved. An alphabet of arms, containing upwards of fifty thousand coats, with their crests, &c. and a copious glossary / [Joseph Edmondson].
Edmondson, Joseph, -1786.Date: 1780- Books
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The signification of most things that are born in heraldry, with the explanation of their natural qualities, and of those Persons that they ought properly to be born by. First, Of the Lion and its natural Qualities, and all other Beasts distinctly shewn; as also of Birds, of Fishes; and all Vegetables, as Trees, Flowers, &c. and Mechanical Instruments. Several sundry Ways of Blazon, as they ought to be used, and the Degrees of Persons. The natural Qualities and Colours of those Precious Stones that are mention'd in blazoning Coat-Armour. Of Helmets and Mitres, and the Reason why different. A Description of the several Degrees of the Nobility, both Lords Spiritual and Temporal. Also Emblems and Hieroglyphicks, and several Authors cited. By Aaron Crossly, Herald-Painter, Dublin.
Crossly, Aaron.Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]- Books
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The present peerages: with plates of arms, and an introduction to heraldry; together with several useful lists incident to the work. The plates of arms revised by Joseph Edmondson, Esq. Mowbray-Herald Extraordinary.
Edmondson, Joseph, -1786.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The peerage of Scotland. A complete view of the several orders of nobility, of that ancient Kingdom; their Descents, Marriages, Issue, and Relations; their Creations; armorial Bearings, Crests, Supporters, Mottos, Chief Seats, and the High Offices they possess; So methodized as to display whatever is truly useful in this instructive and amusing Branch of Knowledge. Together With A List of the Sixteen Peers, from the Union to 1767. And an Account of the Attainted Peers; their Descents, &c. &c. and the present Representatives of those unfortunate Families; Also three useful plates, teaching the art of heraldry. By Mr. Kimber, Author of the Peerage of England. Corrected to April 20, 1767.
Kimber, Edward, 1719-1769.Date: 1767- Books
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The heraldry of nature; or, instructions for the King at Arms: comprising, the arms, supporters, crests, and mottos, in Latin, and with a translation, of the E-g-h peers, Blazoned from the Authority of Truth, and characteristically discriptive of the several Qualities that distinguish their present Possessors. To which are added several Samples, neatly etched by an eminent Engraver.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The complete dictionary of arts and sciences. In which the whole circle of human learning is explained, And the Difficulties attending the Acquisition of Every Art, Whether Liberal or Mechanical, are Removed, in the most easy and familiar manner. Among the various Branches of Literature explained in this Work are the following, viz. Agriculture Algebra Anatomy Architecture Arithmetic Astronomy Botany Catoptrics Chemistry Chronology Commerce Conics Cosmography Dialling Dioptrics Ethics Fluxions Fortification Gardening Gauging Geography Geometry Grammar Gunnery Handicrafts Heraldry History Horsemanship Husbandry Hydraulics Hydrography Hydrostatics Law Levelling Logic Maritime And Military Affairs Mathematics Mechanics Merchandize Metaphysics Meteorology Music Navigation Optics Painting Perspective Pharmacy Philology Philosophy Physic Pneumatics Rhetoric Sculpture Series Statics Statuary Surgery Surveying Theology, &c. The theological, philological, and critical branches, by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker, A. M. Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Earl of Hillsborough. The medicinal, anatomical, and chemical, by Thomas Williams, M. D. The mathematical by Samuel Clark, Author of an Easy Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Mechanics. and the other parts by several gentlemen particularly conversant in the Arts or Sciences they have undertaken to explain.
Croker, Temple Henry, 1729 or 1730-1790?.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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The english baronetage: containing a genealogical and historical account of all the English baronets, now existing: their descents, marriages, and issues; Memorable Actions, both in War, and Peace; Religious and Charitable Donations; Deaths, Places of Burial, and Monumental Inscriptions; collected From Authentick Manuscripts, Records, Old Wills, our best Historians, and other Authorities. Illustrated with their coats of arms, Curiously Engraven, on copper-plates: with An Explanatory Index of the Terms in Heraldry, referring to the Arms. Also Correct Lists; I. Of the Present Baronets, in the Order of Precedence. II. Of those who are now Peers of Great-Britain, or Ireland. III. Of those Foreigners, who have had this Dignity conferr'd on them. IV. Of those, whose Titles are now Extinct. Likewise exact tables of precedence; Particularly with Respect to the Wives, Sons, and Daughters, of Baronets, and Knights. To whic are added, an account of such Nova-Scotia baronets as are of English Families, now Resident in England: and a list of such persons Names who were deemed Fit and Qualified, at the Restoration, to be made Knights of the Royal Oak, with the Value of their Estates, as then given in. Vol. I.
Wotton, Thomas, -1766.Date: 1741- Books
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The new world of words: or, universal English dictionary. Containing an account of the original or proper sense, and various significations of all hard words derived from other languages, viz. Hebrew, Arabick, Syriack, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, British, Saxon, Danish, Dutch, &c. as now made use of in our English Tongue. Together with a brief and Plain explication of all terms relating to any of the arts and sciences, either Liberal or Mechanical, viz. Grammar, Rhetorick, Logick, Theology, Law, Metaphysicks, Ethicks, Natural Philosophy, Physick, Surgery, Anatomy, Chymistry, Pharmacy, Botanicks, Arithmetick, Geometry, Astronomy, Astrology, Cosmography, Geography, Hydrography, Navigation, Architecture, Fortification, Dialling, Surveying, Gauging, Opticks, Catoptricks, Dioptricks, Perspective, Musick, Mechanicks, Staticks, Chiromancy, Physiognomy, Heraldry, Merchandize, Maritime and Military Affairs, Agriculture, Gardening, Handicrafts, Jewelling, Painting, Carving, Engraving; Confectionery, Cookery, Horsemanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, &c, To which is added, the interpretation of proper names of men and women, that derive their Original from the above-mention'd Ancient and Modern Tongues, with those of Writs and Processes at Law: Also the Greek and Latin Names of divers sorts of Animals, Plants, Metals, Minerals, &c. and several other remarkable Matters more particularly express'd in the Preface. Compiled by Edward Phillips, Gent.
Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?.Date: MDCCVI. [1706]- Books
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Bibliotheca bibliothecarum: or, a catalogue of several entire libraries; amounting to twenty thousand volumes. More particularly those of Sir Brownlow Sherrard, Bart. Jeremy Pemberton, Esq; of the Inner-Temple, and Doctor Vernon Meade, of Southampton, deceased. To which are added, A large and fine Collection of Antiquities, &c. lately imported from Abroad; besides many other select Parcels, in the several Branches of Science. The whole consisting of the most curious and uncommon Articles, in Divinity, and Law, Canon, Civil, and Common; Physick, Surgery, Botany, Husbandry, and Gardening; Philosophy, Natural and Moral; Mathematicks, Navigation, and Travels; History, Heraldry, Chronology, and Biography; Books of Chymistry, Magick, and other occult Parts of Literature; Poetry, Plays, Novels, and Romances; the Criticks; the Classicks, in all the best Editions; and their Translations in all the Modern Languages. The most valuable Books of Sculpture, Architecture, Medals, and Painting. Great Numbers in Morocco, on the largest Paper, and choicely preserv'd; besides some Thousand Volumes of scarce and useful Tracts, which will begin to be Sold very cheap, the lowest Price marked in each Book, at T. Osborne's in Gray's-Inn, on Wednesday the second of December.
Osborne, Thomas, -1743.Date: 1741]- Books
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J. Todd's catalogue for 1792. A Catalogue of the Entire Libraries of Marmaduke Tunstall, of Wycliffe, Esq. Lady Fagg of Wood End, and The Rev. W. Dade, F. A. S. Rector of Barmston, &c. And Author of the Intended History of Holderness, All Lately Deceased. To which are added a large and valuable collection of New Books. The whole forming an assortment of nearly fifty thousand volumes of rare and valuable articles in every language and class of literature, particularly natural history and Heraldry. The Books in general are in good Condition, many of them the best Editions, on large Paper, and in various elegant Bindings. The Whole will begin to be sold extremely Cheap, at the Prices marked in the Catalogue, on Tuesday, June 12th, 1792, for Ready Money only, and continue on Sale till Christmas next, By J. Todd, Bookseller, Stationer, and Printseller, In Stonegate, York. - The full Value for Libraries and Parcels of Books in Ready Money: Also Books exchanged and Libraries catalogued and valued. Catalogues, Price 1 s. may be had of Mr. Baldwin, Bookseller, Pater-Noster Row, London, and at the Place of Sale.
Todd, John, -1811.Date: 1792]- Books
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A new dictionary of heraldry, explaining all the terms us'd in that science, with their Etimology, and how express'd in Latin. And Containing all the Rules of Blazoning Coat-Armour, with the Reasons for the same. The Original Signification of all Bearings. An account of the most noted orders of knighthood that are, or have been; and of Honours and Dignities Ecclesiastical, Civil, or Military. Adorn'd with several copper plates. The whole design'd to make that Science familiar to every Capacity.
Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]- Books
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The British compendium: or, rudiments of honour. Containing the origin of the Scots, and succession of their Kings for above 2000 Years: Also the titles, Descents, Marriages, Intermarriages, Issue, Posts, and Seats of all the Scottish nobility, with their Robes, and Arms, exactly Engrav'd on So Copper Plates. Likewise, the institution, Creation, and Investiture, of all Degrees of peerage , and of several Orders of knighthood, viz. the Garter, Thistle, Baronet, and Knight-Batchelor: And lastly of Esquires and Gentlemen. To which is added, the antiquity of arms, and an introduction to heraldry, with above 600 Examples, for attaining a perfect Knowledge in that Science; and to them are subjoined the Atchievements and Regalia made use of at Funerals, with an Account of the Office and Dignity of an Herald.
Nichols, Francis, active 18th century.Date: [1725]- Books
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A new dictionary of heraldry, explaining the terms us'd in that science, with their Etymology, and different Versions into Latin. Containing all the Rules of Blazon, with Reasons for the same. The Original Signification of Bearings. And a concise account of the most noted orders of knighthood that are, or have been; and of Honours and Dignities Ecclesiastical, Civil, or Military. Illustrated with 196 devices on copper. The whole design'd to make that Science familiar. Revis'd and corrected with a recommendatory epistle. By Mr. James Coats.
Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]- Books
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A new dictionary of heraldry, explaining the terms us'd in that science, with their Etymology, and different Versions into Latin. Containing all the Rules of Blazon, with Reasons for the same. The Original Signification of Bearings. And a concise account of the most noted orders of knighthood that are, or have been; and of Honours and Dignities Ecclesiastical, Civil, or Military. Illustrated with 196 devices on copper The whole design'd to make that Science familiar. Revis'd and corrected, with a letter to the publisher, by Mr. James Coats.
Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]- Books
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A display of heraldry. By John Guillim, Pursuivant at Arms. The sixth edition. Improv'd with large additions of many hundred coats of arms, under their respective Bearings, with good Authorities from the Ashmolean Library, Sir George Mackenzie, &c. With his tract of precedency, containing all his rules, observations, Arguments, and chief Instances. To which is added, A treatise of honour military and civil, According to the Laws and Customs of England. By Capt. John Logan. Illustrated with the arms, crests. , Supporters, and Motto's of the royal family, and nobility: The Arms of the Sees of the English Bishops, and several of the Gentry. Together With the proper Habits of the different Degrees of the Nobility of England, and the Emblems of the chief Orders of Knighthood in Europe; all fairly engraven on Copper Plates. Also an exact list of the baronets, from their first Creation to this present Time; and most of their Arms Blazon'd. With an Account of the Customs, Government, and Privileges of the City of London, the other Cities of England, and Shire-Towns of each County, and their Arms. Likewise a supplement of scarce tracts relating to the office of arms, taken from Authentick Copies. and A dictionary, explaining the several terms used by heralds, in English, Latin and French. With proper tables to the whole.
Guillim, John, 1565-1621.Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]- Books
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The British compendium: or, a particular account of all the present nobility, both spiritual and temporal, From his Majesty to the Commoner. Also an account of all the bishopricks and deanaries, And by whom and when founded. Likewise the arms and coronets of the peers, With the Names of their Seats, what county they are in, and Distance from London. To which is added an introduction to heraldry.
Nichols, Francis, active 18th century.Date: 1719- Books
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The heraldry of nature; or, instructions for the King at Arms: comprising, the arms, supporters, crests, and mottos, both in Latin and English, of the Peers of Eld. Blazoned from the Authority of Truth, and characteristically descriptive of the several Qualities that distinguish their Possessors. To which is added several Samples, neatly etched by an eminent Engraver.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The British banner display'd: a complete system of heraldry. Wherein the Antiquity, Dignity and Use of Arms, In Regard to the Distinction, Honour, and Connexion of Families, are exhibited. Together with A copious Explanation of the different Atchievements, Shields, Escocheons, and Coat Armours of every Kind, in all the Degrees of Nobility, Gentry, &c. Also The proper Names and Terms used in this instructive and pleasing Science, alphabetically disposed. To which is added, A Catalogue of above a Thousand eminent Families, Foundations, Sees, Colleges, Corporations, Companies and Societies, whose respective Arms are made Examples of Bearing in these Volumes. The whole comprehending an accurate abridgment of the last edition of Guillim. Illustrated with copper plates. In two volumes. By Samuel Kent.
Guillim, John, 1565-1621.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke.
Burke, John, 1787-1848.Date: 1833-1838- Books
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The london medley; containing the exercises Spoken by Several Young Noblemen and Gentlemen, at The Annual Meeting of the Westminster Scholars, On the 28th of Jan. 1730-1, at Westminster-School; Before His Royal Highness the Duke, the Right Honourable the Lords Carteret, Chetwynd, and Harvey; the Right Honourable William Pulteney, Esq; and many other Noblemen and Gentlemen. The thesis being on a Parallel between the Ancients and the Moderns. In which were ingeniously handled many notable Subjects. Viz. The Royal Family's Hunting in Windsor-Forest. Upon Organs, Heraldry, Actors, Architecture, Wit, Poetry, Sculpture, Queen Elizabeth's Days, Love, Tobacco; the late Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy, the Practice of the Law, Count Heydegger's Entertainments, Learning. With the Conclusion to the Duke, spoke by a Young Nobleman: As also the Prologue by a Westminster Scholar. To which are added, Pandora, an admirable Poem. Ode for the New Year 1731, humbly inscrib'd to the Poet Laureat, by Stephen Duck. An Hymn to the Laureat. To a Young Lady in the City on her Birth-Day. Verses on the Right Honourable Wm. Pulteney Esq; A Farewel to Love and Women, written by a Col. of the Guards. Verses on Mr. Dennis the Critick.
Date: [1731]- Books
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An universal etymological English dictionary; comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonic, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law, and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Counties. also a collection of our most common proverbs, with their Explication. The whole Work compiled and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. by N. Bailey.
Bailey, N. (Nathan), -1742.Date: M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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A catalogue of valuable manuscripts in Greek, Latin, English, French, Italian, and Spanish; Many of them relating to Heraldry, History, the Antiquities and Families of England, with several Missals curiously illuminated. All which were collected at the expence of the late Lord Somers, and since belonged to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Jekyll Knt. Master of the Rolls, lately deceased. To which are added some choice printed books out of his Library; among which are, Tractatus Tractatuum, 28 vol. Labbaei Concilia, 17 vol. Blaeu's Atlas, curiously illuminated, 12 vol. Janssonius's Atlas, 5 vol. & Theatrum Urbium, 8 vol. Cujacii Opera, 13 vol. Byzantine Historians, 31 vol. compleat. Votes, 13 vol. Gazettes, 17 vol. Baronii Annales, 12 vol. Together with a very large and curious Collection of Miscellaneous Tracts in Latin, French, Italian, English, &c. in above Seven Hundred Volumes, Folio, Quarto, and Octavo. Which will be sold by auction by Order of the Executor at Paul's Coffee-House in St. Paul's Church-Yard, on Monday, February 26, and the Four following Evenings, beginning exactly at Six O'Clock. Catalogues to be had Gratis, at Mr. Stagg's in Westminster-Hall, Mr. Whiston's in Fleetstreet, and at the Place of Sale. N. B. The Books and Mss. may be viewed the Week before the Sale.
Whiston, John, 1711-1780.Date: 1739]- Books
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A catalogue of the remaining part of this collection of prints being matchless both for number, variety, beauty, and scarcity; Consisting of All the Great Masters in Europe, and their Disciples in every School. The Topography of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, Which comprehends the Geography, Churches, Monuments, Views, Plans, and Elevations of the Different Seats, &c. Heraldry and all other Antiquities in each Country; Likewise a wonderful Collection both of English and Foreign Portraits; In the former is found almost every Print that has been engraved from the earliest to the present Time. Which will be sold by Mr. Greenwood, At his Room, in Leicester Square, on Tuesday the 21st Day of February, 1786, and Seventeen following Days (sundays excepted) Where Catalogues may be had at Five Shillings each, (which will be allowed to the Purchaser) also at Mr. Alderman Boydell's, in Cheapside; Mr. Robson, Bookseller, New Bond Street, and Mr. Payne, Bookseller, Mews Gate. The Nobility and Gentry have now a singular Opportunity of possessing not only every Portrait of their Families, but also the Topography of their respective Counties. To be Viewed Two Days preceeding the Sale, which will begin each Night at Six O'Clock. N. B. No Person to be admitted to the View without a Catalogue.
Greenwood, John, 1727-1792.Date: 1786]