A modern dissertation on a certain necessary piece of household furniture.

Date:
1752
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A modern dissertation on a certain necessary piece of household furniture. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Qua genus aut fiexum variant quacunque novato Ritu dejiciunt, fuperantve, Hetoroclita fun to. As to the Materials of which thefe ufeful Appendages are com- pofed, they alio vary as well as the Form: However, with this certain Rule, that you may find out their Nature and Compofition by the State and Condition of their re- fpective Proprietors. The moft coftly Sort are thole that are calf in Silver, and ufed by Perfons of the firft Rank, - ■ • N , ■ \ Ut fatrapasy fatrapa. Thofe that are efteemed the neateft and chiefly intended for the Ule of the Fair Sex, are wrought in China, adorned with Trees, -Arborum erunt miiliebria ut alnus, Cuprejfus, cedrus. or