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The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present DayHotten, John Camden

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

Name: The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present Day
Author: Hotten, John Camden

Hotten, John Camden

Inn signs -- England -- History; Signs and signboards -- History

Translations of the various quotations from foreign languages have been
added for the following reasons:--It was necessary to translate the
numerous quotations from the Dutch signboards; Latin was Englished for
the benefit of the ladies, and Italian and French extracts were
Anglicised to correspond with rest.

Errors, both of fact and opinion, may doubtless be discovered in the
book. If, however, the compilers have erred in a statement or an
explanation, they do not wish to remain in the dark, and any light
thrown upon a doubtful passage will be acknowledged by them with thanks.
Numerous local signs--famous in their own neighbourhood--will have been
omitted, (generally, however, for the reasons mentioned on a preceding
page,) whilst many curious anecdotes and particulars concerning their
history may be within the knowledge of provincial readers. For any
information of this kind the compilers will be much obliged; and should
their work ever pass to a second edition, they hope to avail themselves
of such friendly contributions.

  LONDON, _June 1866_.




CONTENTS.


                                                                    PAGE

  CHAPTER I.
  GENERAL SURVEY OF SIGNBOARD HISTORY,                                 1

  CHAPTER II.
  HISTORIC AND COMMEMORATIVE SIGNS,                                   45

  CHAPTER III.
  HERALDIC AND EMBLEMATIC SIGNS,                                     101

  CHAPTER IV.
  SIGNS OF ANIMALS AND MONSTERS,                                     150

  CHAPTER V.
  BIRDS AND FOWLS,                                                   199

  CHAPTER VI.
  FISHES AND INSECTS,                                                225

  CHAPTER VII.
  FLOWERS, TREES, HERBS, ETC.,                                       233

  CHAPTER VIII.
  BIBLICAL AND RELIGIOUS SIGNS,                                      253

  CHAPTER IX.
  SAINTS, MARTYRS, ETC.,                                             279

  CHAPTER X.
  DIGNITIES, TRADES, AND PROFESSIONS,                                305

  CHAPTER XI.
  THE HOUSE AND THE TABLE,                                           375

  CHAPTER XII.
  DRESS; PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL,                                       399

  CHAPTER XIII.
  GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY,                                          414

  CHAPTER XIV.
  HUMOROUS AND COMIC,                                                437

  CHAPTER XV.
  PUNS AND REBUSES,                                                  469

  CHAPTER XVI.
  MISCELLANEOUS SIGNS,                                               476

  APPENDIX.

  BONNELL THORNTON’S SIGNBOARD EXHIBITION,                           512

  INDEX OF ALL THE SIGNS MENTIONED IN THE WORK,                      527

[Illustration: PLATE I.

BAKER.

(Pompeii, A.D. 70.)

DAIRY.

(Pompeii, A.D. 70.)

SHOEMAKER.

(Herculaneum.)

WINE MERCHANT.

(Pompeii, A.D. 70.)

TWO JOLLY BREWERS.

(Banks’s Bills, 1770.)]




CHAPTER I.

GENERAL SURVEY OF SIGNBOARD HISTORY.

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

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