Shapiro, Harry L.MareMagnum
[Public Lecture Ticket]Biblio.com
Assembly Rooms. Admission Ticket to Mr. R.B. Hardy's Public Lecture and Illustrations
réf. 002622Allan & Ferguson Single sided engraved ticket approximately 90mm x 60mm in size n.p. but probably Glasgow n.d. c.1841 Lightly browned slightly rubbed with some loss to imprint minor soiling light glue stains to corners of reverse printers name is indistinct but appears to be Allan & Ferguson. A ticket for 'front seats' in the Assembly Rooms Glasgow which were designed by the brothers Robert and James Adam and aimed to provide the city with a meeting place for dancing music reading and other cultural pursuits. The Library contained upwards of two thousand volumes in every department of literature and science from which every purchaser of a lecture ticket was entitled to read for twelve months. R.B. Hardy is advertised in 'The Phrenological Magazine' as giving a lecture on the "genius and character of Burns" at the Anderston Popular Institution for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in 1841 so it is possible that this was another lecture on the same subject. For the printers David Allan and William Ferguson see SBTI and Worms and Baynton-Williams pages 14-15. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 64mo Oblong. Ticket. Allan & Ferguson Paperback
Zetetic Books · Royaume-Uni45,00 £GB≈ 53,55 €
