British Gunmakers. Their trade cards, cases and equipment, 1760-1860

Details:

Author(s) Neal, W Keith, & D H L Back
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1980
Pages 166pp; illus
Publisher Compton Press
Place Published Warminster

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Name Advertising media

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:

Deals with the trade cards used as advertising by gunmakers and with the 'cased sets of guns' made by gunmakers. The former is dealt in 'Pictorial index of trade cards and labels of gunmakers' addresses' [pp22-95] which provides illustrations of c275 cards each with a short caption giving details of the business concerned. 'Pictorial index of cased sets of guns' [pp96-136] provides illustrations of cases