The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present Day

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The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present Day

by Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten

EN·~23 hours·22 chapters

Chapters

22 total

Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.

0:15

THE HISTORY OF SIGNBOARDS From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

0:34

PREFACE.

12:31

CHAPTER I. GENERAL SURVEY OF SIGNBOARD HISTORY.

1:54:23

CHAPTER II. HISTORIC AND COMMEMORATIVE SIGNS.

2:23:01

CHAPTER III. HERALDIC AND EMBLEMATIC SIGNS.

2:06:43

CHAPTER IV. SIGNS OF ANIMALS AND MONSTERS.

2:10:03

CHAPTER V. BIRDS AND FOWLS

1:07:08

CHAPTER VI. FISHES AND INSECTS.

20:17

CHAPTER VII. FLOWERS, TREES, HERBS, ETC.

50:11
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Illustrated by J. Larwood.

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en

Duration

~23 hours (1345K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

Mar 28, 2014

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Inn signs -- England -- HistorySigns and signboards -- HistoryGT

About the authors

Jacob Larwood

Jacob Larwood

1827–1918

A Dutch writer with a gift for curious corners of everyday history, he turned subjects like signboards, London parks, and legal anecdotes into lively nonfiction. Writing under the name Jacob Larwood, he mixed careful research with a taste for the unusual.

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John Camden Hotten

1832–1873

A lively and controversial figure in Victorian publishing, this London bookseller turned rare curiosities, slang, folklore, and scandal into a distinctive body of work. Best remembered for his influential slang dictionary and his taste for unusual texts, he helped preserve corners of popular culture that others ignored.

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