Mr. Burchell, in Long-acre, jeweller and goldsmith, at the Anodyne Necklace, and Case of Knives, next Drury-Lane, London, taken away from Temple-Bar and sold at Mrs. Randall's, late Bowen's, at the Royal Exchange, the famous Anodyne Necklace for children's teeth, price 5 s. single, and allowance by the dozen to sell again.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London : Mr. Burchell ... at the Anodyne Necklace ..., [not before 1771]
Advertising brochure for Dr. Chamberlen's "famous" anodyne necklace for the relief of pain from teething, touting the necklace, how it works, and providing various testimonials, as well as warning against counterfeits on the market; a section on pages 7-8 also advertises "Sovereign Pain-easing Powder" for use with the necklace and "the Famous Purging Sugar Plumbs" for relief of worms and ague.
Notes
Dated from references to "the late Princess of Wales" (Augusta of Saxe-Coburg, Royal Highness the Princess of Wales) who died in 1771.
Title, place, and Burchell's name from caption title on first page of text.
Horizontal chain lines.
Illustrations: Two woodcuts on first page, above dropped head, with 6 other cuts, several logos for the Anodyne Necklace or the Purging Sugar Plums, an depiction of worms and parasites, and one of a man with ague warming himself with a fire.
Cotsen copy: With a pierced halfpenny-sized (28 mm.) advertising copper (?) token issued by Burchell at roughly of the same date; Side 1: "Basil Burchell, sole proprieter of the Anodyne Necklace for children cutting their teeth"; 2) Side 2: "Basil Burchell, sole proprieter of the famous Sugar Plums for Worms, no. 79 Long-Acre."
Binding note
Cotsen copy: Disbound, with holes from stab-sewing, inserted into a later gray wrappers.
Other title(s)
Famous anodyne necklace for children's teeth
Anodyne necklace
Advertisement for the famous anodyne necklace
Advertisement for Dr. Chamberlen's famous anodyne necklace
OCLC
885074341
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