Title from text within woodcut illustration; remainder of title from letterpress text beneath illustration., Woodcut illustration of a hot air ballloon with two flag-waving gentlemen seated in the basket. The flag to the left reads "No blanks"; the flag to the right, "All money.", Printed in red and blue ink., and Mounted to: 25 x 18 cm. With a sticker in upper left corner with blue crayon annotation "11-". For further information, consult library staff.
Lottery, on a new plan, begins drawing October 20, 1807
Description:
Caption title., Handbill with details of the lottery and the supplementary draw., "Tickets and shares are on sale at J. Warner's Licensed Lottery Office ..."--Bottom of sheet., and Name and address of "Mrs. Scott" added in ink on verso. For further information, consult library staff.
Manuscript, in a single hand with numerous corrections, of a collection of 15 letters describing life in England, translated into French, possibly from German. The letters discuss English lotteries; the proliferation of newspapers; the constitution and the difficulty of reconciling ideology with practice; Parliamentary elections; literary societies; and the nobility. One letter describes and deplores the cruelty of amusements such as hunting, cock-fighting, and "combats des gladiateurs"; another letter mocks an English law against the illegal wearing of buttons. A letter dated December 14, 1790 discusses the possibility of the abolition of the slave trade; the author declares it is the most talked-of subject of conversation and expresses his astonishment that the trade still exists and The letters are followed by a lengthy essay explaining the Women's March on Versailles on October 5-6, 1789. The volume is prefaced by a note by the translator, who criticizes the motives of many travel writers; says that he was drawn to this letter-writer for his curiosity and interest in humanity; and explains that the writer published two volumes, the first of letters written in Paris and Versailles during the revolution in 1789, and the second of letters in England
Description:
In French., Binding: full calf., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Great Britain., England, France, and Versailles (France)
Subject (Name):
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834., Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., and Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804.
Subject (Topic):
Cockfighting, Elections, Hunting, Lotteries, Slave trade, Newspapers, Nobility, Travelers' writings, French, Description and travel, History, Women, Intellectual life, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Caption title., Printed handbill; with woodcut illustrations of "matchstick men" in four panels (with letterpress captions below) on the third line and on the fourth line a hand with a finger pointing to text "Six £21.000! All in the one day , 3rd May.", "Bish is the contractor, No. 4, Cornhill, and No. 9, Charing Cross, who sold and shared the very last drawing, 1st March, 7,340 Class A £20,000, 10,004 Class B £20,000.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from item., Dated in lower left: Nov. 17, 1817., Single sheet handbill, printed within mourning border, announcing of the postponement of the national lottery due to the death of Princess Charlotte., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817.
Caption title., Printed handbill; woodcut illustration of 'The Grand Hotel' positioned in the center, with letterpres text above and below., On verso: half page woodcut illustration of a hay-maker in front of a grand house; below, advertising poem for the lottery, entitled 'The Hay-Maker.', "Only 20,000 tickets"--Beneath title., "Agents in Bath: A Barratt's Library, for Swift & Co. R. Cruttwell, for Brancomb & Co. ..."--Bottom of sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
