Larwood, Jacob, 1827-1918, The history of signboards , 1884
- Title(s):
- The history of signboards : from the earliest times to the present day / by Jacob Larwood and John Camden Hotten ; with one hundred illustrations in facsimile by J. Larwood.
- Edition:
- Ninth edition
- Published/Created:
- London : Chatto and Windus, 1884.
Edinburgh ; and London : Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co. - Physical Description:
- x, 536 pages, 19 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsGT3910 .S2 1884Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13570160
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes index.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original brown cloth. Publisher's advertisements, 32 pages at end, not included in pagination. - Subject Terms:
- Signs and signboards.Signs and signboards.
- Form/Genre:
- Publisher's advertisements.
- Export:
- XML
- General survey of signboard history
- Historic and commemorative signs
- Heraldic and emblematic signs
- Signs of animals and monsters
- Birds and fowls
- Fishes and insects
- Flowers, trees, herbs, etc.
- Biblical and religious signs
- Saints, martyrs, etc.
- Dignities, trades, and professions
- The house and the table
- Dress, plain and ornamental
- Georgraphy and topography
- Humorous and comic
- Puns and rebuses
- Miscellaneous signs
- Bonnell Thornton's signboard exhibition.
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