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A perspective view and section of an engine propos'd to be built by subscription, which will shave sixty men a minute, also oyl comb and powder their wigs. See the explanation / Booth sculp.

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A perspective view and section of an engine propos'd to be built by subscription, which will shave sixty men a minute, also oyl comb and powder their wigs. See the explanation / Booth sculp.

Published

[London] : Publish'd According to Act of Parliament, and sold by T. Dubois at the Golden Head near Cecil Street in the Strand. Price 6d., November 29th 1745.

381 x 241 mm., trimmed within platemark; design: 381 x 197 mm.

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.

Peel 0354

Notes

Includes separate letterpress explanation as referred to in title. Explanation is titled "The Explination of the Shaving Engine".

Associated names

Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.

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Century prints

18th century

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A perspective view and section of an engine propos'd to be built by subscription, which will shave sixty men a minute, also oyl comb and powder their wigs. See the explanation / Booth sculp.