The History of Signboards from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
by Jacob Larwood
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873
- Title
- The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present Day
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GT: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Manners and customs
- Subject
- Signs and signboards -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 45249
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45249
- Release Date
- March 28, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE HISTORY OF SIGNBOARDS From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.CHAPTER I. GENERAL SURVEY OF SIGNBOARD HISTORY.
- 5.CHAPTER II. HISTORIC AND COMMEMORATIVE SIGNS.
- 6.CHAPTER III. HERALDIC AND EMBLEMATIC SIGNS.
- 7.CHAPTER IV. SIGNS OF ANIMALS AND MONSTERS. — DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
- 8.CHAPTER V. BIRDS AND FOWLS
- 9.CHAPTER VI. FISHES AND INSECTS.
- 10.CHAPTER VII. FLOWERS, TREES, HERBS, ETC.
- 11.CHAPTER VIII. BIBLICAL AND RELIGIOUS SIGNS.
- 12.CHAPTER IX. SAINTS, MARTYRS, ETC.
- 13.CHAPTER X. DIGNITIES, TRADES, AND PROFESSIONS.
- 14.CHAPTER XI. THE HOUSE AND THE TABLE.
- 15.CHAPTER XII. DRESS; PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL.
- 16.CHAPTER XIII. GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY.
- 17.CHAPTER XIV. HUMOROUS AND COMIC.
- 18.CHAPTER XV. PUNS AND REBUSES.
- 19.CHAPTER XVI. MISCELLANEOUS SIGNS.
- 20.APPENDIX. BONNELL THORNTON’S SIGNBOARD EXHIBITION.
- 21.INDEX.
- 22.Transcriber’s Notes
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