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
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
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.