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Crewe MS/24B/f. 169r
Title
Four leaves from a printed catalogue issued by Whittingham and Arliss (c. 1814), containing advertisements for several of their books, including engraved illustrations
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- c. 1814 (Creation)
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4 single sheets
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(Each page is headed ‘Whittingham and Arliss’ Catalogue’. The books advertised are The London Theatre, by Thomas Dibdin (‘the first number … appeared on the 17th of September [1814]; and the publication will be regularly continued every Saturday’); The History of Rasselas, by Samuel Johnson; Maxims, Opinions, and Characters … from the Works of … Edmund Burke, 2nd ed.; The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel De Foe; A Narrative of the Voyages round the World performed by Captain James Cook, by Andrew Kippis; and Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week, by Catharine Talbot.)
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- English
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Pasted to f. 169r of Crewe MS 24B.