The licensed victuallers’ companion and publicans’ guide

Posted on August 10, 2022 by km55

printed text

Title: The licensed victuallers’ companion and publicans’ guide : comprising a variety of importamt matter relative to this respectable class of society … with observations on porter, ale, wine, and spirits … to which is added, lists of London porter, ale, & table beer brewers.
Publication: London : Knight and Lacey, publishers, 55, Paternoster-Row, 1824.
Manufacture: [London] : Milne and Banfield, 76, Fleet Street.

63 L698 824

Acquired July 2021

The Epicure’s almanack, or, Calendar of good living

Posted on August 12, 2020 by km55

Title: The Epicure’s almanack, or, Calendar of good living : containing a directory to the taverns, coffee-houses, inns, eating-houses, and other places of alimentary resort in the British metropolis and its environs : a review of artists who administer to the wants and enjoyments of the table : a survey of the markets : and a calendar of the meats in season during each month of the year : to be continued annually.
Published: London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1815.

62 815 R994

Acquired August 2019

Posted on July 2, 2012 by km55

Printed bills annotated with fees and dates and some names added in contempory hands, listing charges for food, drinks ,and lodging.

Title: [A collection of twenty printed bills from English and Welsh inns], 1784-1804, undated.

Acquired May 2012