Proposals for printing by subscription an ancient Roman tesselated pavement, found at Littlecot, in the parish of Ramesbury, in the county of Wilts.

Format Electronic
Publication Info[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1752]
Description1 sheet ; 1/4⁰.
Supplemental ContentFull text online
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General noteDated at head: March 1752.
General noteAt foot is a receipt to be completed in MS.
General noteThe sale of the two large plates is "for the benefit of the widow of the person that first discovered this curious pavement, and drew the original from whence these plates are to be engraved". The widow = Mary George.
General noteSamuel Lewis's 'A topographical dictionary of England', 1835: "An accurate drawing was made ... by Mr. William George, ... and his widow worked a beautiful carpet, on a reduced scale, from which it was finally engraved, at the expense of the Antiquarian Society".
General noteReproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, T232283.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formProspectuses.