Laroon, Marcellus. The cryes of the city of London : drawne after the life : in 74 copper plates = Les cris de la ville de Londres : dessignez apres la nature = L'arti com[m]uni che uanno p[er] Londra : fatte dal naturale

Folger bibliographic ID: 355470
ESTC number: N505908
Folger call number: DA688 .L2 Cage
Folger holdings ID: 503543
Accession Number: 151251

Bibliographic format

folio

General notes

Captions in English, French, and Italian In imprint, "London" follows "Newgate." Leaves lettered: MLauron delin. P. Tempest exc. Cum privilegio "Cum privilegio"--Title page First edition 1688. In the present edition some of the plates have been altered to bring the costume into the fashion of the time of re-publication. See Tuer, A. Old London street cries. London : Field & Tuer, 1885, page 7 Wholly engraved; Seventy-four numbered plates including 2 title pages (1 and 37) The plates were engraved by John Savage. See Oxford dictionary of national biography under Tempest, Pierce

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2019. First Chefs. Opening: Plate 16

Item information about Folger DA688 .L2 Cage

In early red leather (goatskin) inboard binding with gold tooling and titling; edges gilt. Bookseller's ticket: Upham & Beet, 46 New Bond St., London. Interleaved

Uniform title: Cryes of the city of London
Extended title: The cryes of the city of London : drawne after the life : in 74 copper plates = Les cris de la ville de Londres : dessignez apres la nature = L'arti com[m]uni che uanno p[er] Londra : fatte dal naturale / P. Tempest excudit
Alternate titles: Arti communi che uanno per Londra, Cries of the city of London, Cris de la ville de Londres, Tempests cryes of London

Street vendors Peddlers Clothing & dress Cries London (England)

artist: Laroon, Marcellus, 1653-1702
printmaker: Savage, John, active 1680
publisher: Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717
bookseller: Overton, Henry, 1675 or 1676-1751