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The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present Day — John Camden Hotten

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

John Camden Hotten

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 678 pages

The History of Signboards is a cultural history by John Camden Hotten and Jacob Larwood. It surveys the origins, forms, and meanings of old English inn, tavern, and shop signs, with the customs around them. It is worth listening to for its anecdotes and glimpses of social history.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. THE HISTORY OF SIGNBOARDS From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. CHAPTER I. GENERAL SURVEY OF SIGNBOARD HISTORY.
  5. CHAPTER II. HISTORIC AND COMMEMORATIVE SIGNS.
  6. CHAPTER III. HERALDIC AND EMBLEMATIC SIGNS.
  7. CHAPTER IV. SIGNS OF ANIMALS AND MONSTERS.
  8. CHAPTER V. BIRDS AND FOWLS
  9. CHAPTER VI. FISHES AND INSECTS.
  10. CHAPTER VII. FLOWERS, TREES, HERBS, ETC.
  11. CHAPTER VIII. BIBLICAL AND RELIGIOUS SIGNS.
  12. CHAPTER IX. SAINTS, MARTYRS, ETC.
  13. CHAPTER X. DIGNITIES, TRADES, AND PROFESSIONS.
  14. CHAPTER XI. THE HOUSE AND THE TABLE.
  15. CHAPTER XII. DRESS; PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL.
  16. CHAPTER XIII. GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY.
  17. CHAPTER XIV. HUMOROUS AND COMIC.
  18. CHAPTER XV. PUNS AND REBUSES.
  19. CHAPTER XVI. MISCELLANEOUS SIGNS.
  20. APPENDIX. BONNELL THORNTON’S SIGNBOARD EXHIBITION.
  21. INDEX.
  22. Transcriber’s Notes
  23. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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