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A carriage to travel without horses. : The proprietors of this extraordinary machine, respectfully inform the nobility, gentry, and others, that they purpose to exhibit it at the Royal-Circus, St. George's-Fields, ... until the 25th of this month, and no longer...

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Surrey Theatre.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Advertising--Circus--Early works to 1800.
Advertising.
Advertising--Circus.
Genre:
Advertisements.
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 1/2⁰
Place of Publication:
[London] : Kemmish, printer, no. 61, King-Street, Borough, [1789]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Notes:
Francis Douce, who saw the spectacle on 16 May 1789, noted on a copy of this handbill that the carriage "was very slowly impelled by a man concealed in the inside and no part whatever of its mechanism exposed to view".
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T192910.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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