Proclamation, Made to Every Man in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, This First Day of August, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three, Etc. Etc.

[Anti-Napoleon Broadside]

Published by J. Asperne, London, 1803

About this Item

Single sided printed broadside, approximately 190mm x 315mm in size. Lightly browned, slightly creased from old folds, top right corner with small amount of loss, a few remnants of paper to reverse where once mounted and a previous owner's name in pen to reverse, but generally clean. The printer was J.[ames] Asperne, at the 'Bible, Crown, and Constitution' (no radical he!) One of many 'invasion threat' broadsides published in 1803, with the usual terrifying visions of the outcome of an invasion by Napoleon's forces, who would "spread murder, rapine, slavery and death, in cruel and horrible wantonness" and whose orders are to "murder all our inhabitants bearing arms in our defence, violate the wives and daughters of our people, and plunder our cities". Not in Library Hub; Klingberg and Hustvedt, 'The Warning Drum', No.8; Bibliotheca Lindesiana Broadsides: 1478 Size: Folio. Seller Inventory # 004023

Bibliographic Details

Title: Proclamation, Made to Every Man in the ...

Publisher: J. Asperne, London

Publication Date: 1803

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Good+

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Broadside