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] |
| PLATE I. | |
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| BAKER. (Pompeii, A.D. 70.) | DAIRY. (Pompeii, A.D. 70.) |
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| SHOEMAKER. (Herculaneum.) | |
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| WINE MERCHANT. (Pompeii, A.D. 70.) | TWO JOLLY BREWERS. (Banks’s Bills, 1770.) |