Pitter and Slipper, lacemen and embroiderers : No. 39 Strand, London : an elegant assortment of foiles, foil, shapes , &c.
[London, not before 1792?]
A design for a trade card, with text in manuscript. 1 drawing on laid paper : pen, ink and watercolor ; 10 x 7 cm.
On the verso are notes, presumably to the engraver of the plate being commissioned?
Subjects (Library of Congress): Lace industry–England–London.
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Invoice from William Hayhurst, colour and oyl-man : at the Ship, the corner of Princes Street, faceing Piccadilly, 1759 July 18.
On engraved letterhead decorated with a vignette of a sailing ship, a paid receipt for the sale of painting supplies to Mr. George Shaerstadt (or Cheenestadt), possibly for work done for the Prince of Wales.
Lewis Walpole Library new acquisition: October, 2010
Knowles, Charles, Sir, 1704?-1777
The conduct of Admiral Knowles on the late exhibition set in a true light.
Published: London : Printed for J. Clarke, at the Royal Exchange; A. Millar, in the Strand; and R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall, MDCCLVIII [1758]
Signed at end: Charles Knowles. The large folding plate and map, both engraved by “T. Jefferys, 1758”, depict the area of the coast around La Rochelle; the map is a portion of a larger map.
Subject (Library of Congress): Knowles, Charles, Sir, 1704?-1777; Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781; Great Britain. Royal Navy–Officers; Anglo-French War, 1755-1763; Rochefort Expedition, 1757.
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Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818
The monk : a romance in three volumes / by M.G. Lewis.
A new edition with plates.
Published: Paris : Printed for Theophilus Barrois, Junior, bookseller, No. 5 Quay Voltaire, MDCCCVII [1807]
Bound in one vol., uncut, without frontispieces; in plain brown paper wrapper with paper spine label; also with 8 p. of preliminary publisher’s advertisments and 2 p. at end. For further information, consult library staff.
In 3 vols., with original combed paper wrappers and printed spine labels. Publishers’ advertisements on final pages of v.2 and v.3.
![Frontispiece [Copy 2 Vol. 1]: The monk : a romance in three volumes](http://lewiswalpole.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/lwlpr20128.jpg "Frontispiece [Copy 2 Vol. 1]: The monk : a romance in three volumes")
First published 1796 in London by J. Bell.
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Todd, W. B. ’The early editions and issues of The monk, with a bibliography’. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, v.II, p. 22
![Frontispiece [Copy 2, Vol. 3]: The monk: a romance in three acts](http://lewiswalpole.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/lwlpr20135.jpg "Frontispiece [Copy 2, Vol. 3]: The monk: a romance in three acts")
Subjects (Library of Congress): Man–woman relationships–Fiction; Monks–Fiction; Madrid (Spain)–Fiction.
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