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Synopsis

From the earliest times to the present day. by jacob larwood and john camden hotten. with one hundred illustrations in facsimile by j. larwood. tenth edition.

Item Description

8vo. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. [2] pp. x + 536 pp. + [2] + 32 pp. publisher's advertisements. Bound in original maroon cloth, gilt' decorated by gilt blocks and bands on spine. Some wear to extremities, including head and tail of spine, but otherwise a very good copy. 4 Newspaper cuttings pasted on to [p.iv-v]. Illustrated by 20 engraved plates (plate II misnumbered as plate I) and by coloured frontispiece. Tenth edition of a pioneering standard work on the history of signboards in England, examined by general themes, with a detailed subject index at the end. There is an interesting appendix on a controversial signboard exhibition held in London in 1762. John Camden Hotten (1832-73) set up his publishing and bookselling business in London in 1855 and was also a prolific author. John Larwood was the pseudonym of Herman Diederik Johan van Schevichaven (1827-1918). The first edition of this popular work was published in 1866.