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The History of Signboards

by Jacob Larwood and John Camden Hotten

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — General Survey of Signboard History
  3. 3Chapter II — Historic and Commemorative Signs
  4. 4Chapter III — Heraldic and Emblematic Signs
  5. 5Chapter IV — Signs of Animals and Monsters
  6. 6Chapter V — Birds and Fowls
  7. 7Chapter VI — Fishes and Insects
  8. 8Chapter VII — Flowers, Trees, Herbs, Etc
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Biblical and Religious Signs
  10. 10Chapter IX — Saints, Martyrs, Etc
  11. 11Chapter X — Dignities, Trades, and Professions
  12. 12Chapter XI — The House and the Table
  13. 13Chapter XII — Dress; Plain and Ornamental
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Geography and Topography
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Humorous and Comic
  16. 16Chapter XV — Puns and Rebuses
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Miscellaneous Signs
  18. 18Appendix. Bonnell Thornton’s Signboard Exhibition
  19. 19Index

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