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Proposals for printing by subscription an ancient Roman tesselated pavement, found at Littlecot, in the parish of Ramesbury, in the county of Wilts...
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- Book
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book proposals--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Book proposals.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Prospectuses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ; 1/4⁰
- Place of Publication:
- [London?] : [publisher not identified], [1752]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Dated at head: March 1752.
- At foot is a receipt to be completed in MS.
- The sale of the two large plates is "for the benefit of the widow of the person that first discovered this curious pavement, and drew the original from whence these plates are to be engraved". The widow = Mary George.
- Samuel Lewis's 'A topographical dictionary of England', 1835: "An accurate drawing was made ... by Mr. William George, ... and his widow worked a beautiful carpet, on a reduced scale, from which it was finally engraved, at the expense of the Antiquarian Society".
- 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 Cambridge University Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T232283.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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