Bought of John Wyatt & William Cronker at the Three Kings, the new house, ye corner of ye Old Bailey, on Ludgate Hill [manuscript], 1725 October 28.

London, 1725.

1 item ; 19 x 15 cm

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Great Britain -- England -- London.

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Purchase made possible by The Charles W. Engelhard Acquisitions Fund. Ordered from Samuel Gedge Ltd., D9486, 2021-06-07, Cat. "GEORGIAN SENSIBILITIES A LIST OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS & EPHEMERA FOR FIRSTS ONLINE", MAY 2021, item #64. From dealer's description: "Bought of John Wyatt & William Cronker at the Three Kings, the new house, ye corner of ye Old Bailey, on Ludgate Hill … [London, dated in manuscript 28 October 1725.] Engraved billhead (19 x 14.5cm) engraving of three kings at head of sheet, completed in manuscript and signed off by William Cronker, small hole in centre from impaling, very good. A scarce early eighteenth century engraved billhead issued in 1725 by John Wyatt and William Cronker, London mercers on Ludgate Hill. The decorative engraving at the head of the bill illustrates their sign, the Three Kings. The invoice penned on the sheet to a “Mr Clarke”, records the purchase of “59 yards … flowerd silks” and other fabrics."

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