Fragment of printed advertisement.

Author: 
George Burbage (died 1807), eighteenth-century Nottingham printer, bookseller and stationer
Publication details: 
Undated.
£50.00
SKU: 4967

One page. On leaf roughly nine and a half inches by seven wide. Aged, with frayed edges, and with slight loss to head, affecting decorative border, and extensive loss at foot, involving several lines of text. Begins 'G. BURBAGE, PRINTER, BOOKSELLER and STATIONER; ON THE LONG ROW, NOTTINGHAM, TAKES this Method to acquaint the PUBLIC, that he has just laid in an entire new Assortment of STATIONARY [sic] GOODS, - Also a neat COLLECTION of PAPER HANGINGS for ROOMS, CEILINGS and STAIR CASES: [...]'. Followed by three columns of 'Articles' from 'Alphabets for Accompt Book' to 'Wax Balls for Pipes.' Followed by 'COPPER PLATES wrought off neat as in LONDON. And HAND BILLS Printed at an HOUR's NOTICE.' Finally three columns (all with loss) headed 'Where may be had the following true Medicines.' According to BBTI Burbage traded from 1747 to his death in 1807.