Yale Center for British Art

Title:
[Prospectuses, catalogues, advertisements, announcements, etc.]
Physical Description:
70 pieces : ill. ; 19-23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Z2003 P7
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : Bound together in one vol. in paper wrappers.

Some leaflets addressed to Samuel Torner. His autograph on inside front cover, dated 1797.

Title on case: Collection of oddments belonging to Sam Torner [1789-1797].

Contains catalogues of optical, mathematical and astronomical instruments, excerpts from a book of sermons & another on plants. Also a pamphlet entitled: Premiums offered by the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture. London, 1793.

Includes prospectuses for books published by W. & J. Jones, Lackington & Allen, John Stockdale, Eyre & Strahan, Darton & Harvey, etc. and for books written by J. Pugh, W. Lewin, James Sowerby, etc. on mathematics, travel, natural history, gardening, etc.

Also includes miscellaneous leaflets advertising exhibitions, courses & schools, clothing (especially hosiery and hats), fireworks, auctions of horses and furniture, bankruptcy sales.

Also bound in are playbills, lottery announcements (and 1 ticket), and tickets for admission to trial of Warren Hastings (1732-1818).
Subject Terms:
Torner, Samuel -- Autograph, 1797. | Advertising -- Specimens. | Commercial catalogs -- Specimens. | Catalogs, Publishers' -- Specimens. | Optical instruments -- Catalogs. | Astronomical instruments -- Catalogs. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1793.
Contributors:
Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture. Premiums offered by the Society.