Morning and evening amusements, at Merlin's Mechanical Museum, No. 11, Princes Street, Hannover Square.

  • Merlin's Mechanical Museum.
Date:
[between 1787 and 1803?]
  • Books
  • Online

Available online

view Morning and evening amusements, at Merlin's Mechanical Museum, No. 11, Princes Street, Hannover Square.

Contains: 36 images

View

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

Morning and evening amusements, at Merlin's Mechanical Museum, No. 11, Princes Street, Hannover Square. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Selected images from this work

View 1 image

About this work

Publication/Creation

[London?] : [Keating, Brown & Keating], [between 1787 and 1803?]

Physical description

32 pages ; (32mo)

Contributors

Notes

Cover title: Lady's Catalogue
Merlin's Mechanical Museum was owned by the inventor John Joseph Merlin and was in operation from 1783-1808
Lower date from internal evidence (p. 16), Merlin's Necromantic Cave was first proposed in 1787, cf. Daniel Lysons The environs of London, 1811, v. 2, pt. 2, p. 607-609. Upper date from internal evidence (t.p.) "Ladies and Gentlemen, who honour Mr. Merlin with their company," therefore before Mr. Merlin's death in 1803
Unsigned
Includes a printed letter to Mr. Merlin (p. 27-32)
Copy 1 Note: Owner's inscription dated 30 April 1803.

References note

cf. NUC 1973-1977 75:481

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    EPB/P/36524

Permanent link