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

Name: The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present Day
Author: John Camden Hotten

by John Camden Hotten, Jacob Larwood

EN·~23 hours

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Description

Illustrated by J. Larwood.

Details

Language

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

2014-03-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Inn signs -- England -- History Signs and signboards -- History

About the authors

John Camden Hotten

1832–1873

A sharp-eyed Victorian publisher and bibliophile, he is still remembered for turning the language of the street into a book worth keeping. His work on slang and popular culture helped preserve a lively side of 19th-century Britain that might otherwise have slipped away.

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Jacob Larwood

1827–1918

Best remembered as a Victorian writer of curiosities and social history, he turned old signs, street names, and odd corners of everyday life into lively reading. His books have a rummaging, anecdotal charm that still makes them enjoyable today.