The History of Signboards From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten
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
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. GENERAL SURVEY OF SIGNBOARD HISTORY.
CHAPTER II. HISTORIC AND COMMEMORATIVE SIGNS.
CHAPTER III. HERALDIC AND EMBLEMATIC SIGNS.
CHAPTER IV. SIGNS OF ANIMALS AND MONSTERS.
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
CHAPTER V. BIRDS AND FOWLS
CHAPTER VI. FISHES AND INSECTS.
CHAPTER VII. FLOWERS, TREES, HERBS, ETC.
CHAPTER VIII. BIBLICAL AND RELIGIOUS SIGNS.
CHAPTER IX. SAINTS, MARTYRS, ETC.
CHAPTER X. DIGNITIES, TRADES, AND PROFESSIONS.
CHAPTER XI. THE HOUSE AND THE TABLE.
CHAPTER XII. DRESS; PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL.
CHAPTER XIII. GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER XIV. HUMOROUS AND COMIC.
CHAPTER XV. PUNS AND REBUSES.
CHAPTER XVI. MISCELLANEOUS SIGNS.
APPENDIX. BONNELL THORNTON’S SIGNBOARD EXHIBITION.
INDEX.
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