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Handwritten note on front endpaper. Lists price of the text, date and location of binding by Jeffries & Son, states that a copy of Paul's "Gaol Fever" is bound in.

British advertisement for dental treatment. Arched ligature connecting letters c and t, most likely in imitation of medieval style handwriting. Manicule at the end reads "his teeth, even whole sets, never turn black" and lists what publication the…

Page 8: British advertisement with three asterisk marking at end stating "patients may agree for a perfect cure, or by the month, by the year, or for life."

Page 12: British advertisement with three asterisk marking at end stating "letters (post…

French matrimony advertisements with cedilla and tail of the letter Q drawn in pen.

Marginalia written in reference to advertisement XCII. Words seem to read "shall, cart, a, oyster, v."

Excerpts from Grose's preface to "A Guide to Health." Grose's orginal writing in the book consists of only his eight-page preface, in which he employs a sarcastic tone to introduce the content of the advertisements.

One of the few pages in the book that contains marginalia. In Grose's preface, he refers to Mr. Lattese's entry as "23" which is crossed out in pencil; next to it, "25" has been written in. It is possible that a reader was correcting the location of…

Full view of pages 16, 17, 48 and 49 of "A Guide to Health, Riches, Beauty, and Honour." Entries contain eighteenth-century British advertisements, organized by number and topic, with the author, publication, and original date of publication listed.

A caricature of the Macartney Embassy's audience with the Qianlong Emperor.

Frontispiece of a portrait of Samuel Johnson. Engraved by Heath from an original painting by Opie.