ELKINS

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Handbill advertisement ornately printed in colours in imitation of an illuminated manuscript, announcing the establishment of a branch of his business in Pimlico, 'in conjunction with Messrs. Dubbins'.

Author: 
Valentine Elkins, bookseller of Baker St, Portman Square, London [typography]
Publication details: 
[London, circa 1840.]
£45.00

Printed in red, black, blue, gold, orange and green on one side of a piece of paper, dimensions 20 x 12.5 cm. Good, on lightly-aged and spotted paper. Minor traces of stub on blank reverse. Attractive item, with twenty-six lines of rubricated text, surrounded by an ornated decorative border of foliage and birds in imitation of an illuminated manuscript. Headed 26, Queen's Row, Pimlico opposite the Royal Mews.', beneath which: 'Valentine Elkins Bookseller &c. of Baker St. Portman Sqe. Begs most respectfully to inform the Nobility & Gentry inhabitants of Belgrave Sqre.

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