[Collection of Napoleonic War broadsides].

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Title: [Collection of Napoleonic War broadsides].
Alternative Title: Patriotic handbills
Contributor: Asperne, James, publisher.
Ginger, John, publisher.
Published / Created: 1803.
Publication Place: England and England London
Publisher: multiple publishers
Abstract: A bound volume of 32 Napoleonic broadsides, all good impressions, suggesting they were ordered directly from a publisher, possibly from James Asperne who is well represented in the collection and who perhaps made a trade in offering collections of the broadsides to contemporary collectors. Also well presented are broadsides by John Ginger
Description: In English.
Title from cataloger.
Bound in 19th-century calf and marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt, red morocco label with "Patriotic Handbills" and green morocco label with the number "II"; a sheet of writing paper bound in before the broadsides has a watermark "G. Langley 1856". With a manuscript note on the blank verso of the final broadside that states "Patriotic Handbills Packet II / I have duplicates of each bill."
With two copies of: Plain answers to plain questions, in a dialogue between John Bull and Bonaparte.
With two copies of: Britons triumph, or, Bonaparte's knell.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Purchased from Maggs Bros. Ltd., June 2020.
Extent: 1 volume (33 leaves) ; 41 cm
Language: English

Genre: Propaganda
Broadsides
Watermarks (paper) G. Langley 1856
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): France
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic): Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805
History
Subjects: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Propaganda
France > History > Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815
Great Britain > History > 1789-1820
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
G. Langley > 1856

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Citation: Collection of Napoleonic War Broadsides. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.