| PAGE | | CHAPTER I. | | GENERAL SURVEY OF SIGNBOARD HISTORY, | 1 | | CHAPTER II. | | HISTORIC AND COMMEMORATIVE SIGNS, | 45 | | CHAPTER III. | | HERALDIC AND EMBLEMATIC SIGNS, | 101 | | CHAPTER IV. | | SIGNS OF ANIMALS AND MONSTERS, | 150 | | CHAPTER V. | | BIRDS AND FOWLS, | 199 | | CHAPTER VI. | | FISHES AND INSECTS, | 225 | | CHAPTER VII. | | FLOWERS, TREES, HERBS, ETC., | 233 | | CHAPTER VIII. | | BIBLICAL AND RELIGIOUS SIGNS, | 253 | | CHAPTER IX. | | SAINTS, MARTYRS, ETC., | 279 | | CHAPTER X. | | DIGNITIES, TRADES, AND PROFESSIONS, | 305 | | CHAPTER XI. | | THE HOUSE AND THE TABLE, | 375 | | CHAPTER XII. | | DRESS; PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL, | 399 | | CHAPTER XIII. | | GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY, | 414 | | CHAPTER XIV. | | HUMOROUS AND COMIC, | 437 | | CHAPTER XV. | | PUNS AND REBUSES, | 469 | | CHAPTER XVI. | | MISCELLANEOUS SIGNS, | 476 | | APPENDIX. | | BONNELL THORNTON’S SIGNBOARD EXHIBITION, | 512 | | INDEX OF ALL THE SIGNS MENTIONED IN THE WORK, | 527 |
| PLATE I. | | | BAKER.
(Pompeii, A.D. 70.) | DAIRY.
(Pompeii, A.D. 70.) | | SHOEMAKER.
(Herculaneum.) | | | WINE MERCHANT.
(Pompeii, A.D. 70.) | TWO JOLLY BREWERS.
(Banks’s Bills, 1770.) |
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