- 1.1 John Partridge, Mikropanastron: or an astrological vade mecum (London: Edward Brewster, 1692). (12mo). Frontispiece and title page. [P620.2]. Folger Shakespeare Library. Photograph by Bénédicte Miyamoto, from the collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library 5
- 1.2 Joseph Moxon, Mechanick exercises: or, the doctrine of handy-works (London: Joseph Moxon, 1683). Plate 27. [M3014]. Folger Shakespeare Library. Photograph by Bénédicte Miyamoto, from the collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library 11
- 1.3 Plate from The Science of Military Posts, 1761. The Society of the Cincinnati Library, Washington DC 14
- 1.4 Plate from number 5 of The Philosophical Transactions, 1665. The Royal Society Library 17
- 2.1 Collector’s slip, 1689. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto, from the Folger Shakespeare Library 28
- 2.2 Bill of lading, c. 1650–1660. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto, from the Folger Shakespeare Library 29
- 2.3 “Affidavit of Burial in Wool,” c. 1723–1728. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto, from the Folger Shakespeare Library 36
- 2.4 An indenture for apprenticeship, 1689. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto, from the Folger Shakespeare Library 42
- 3.1 Frontispiece and title page of John Dunton, Athenianism, 1710. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto from the Folger Shakespeare Library 62
- 4.1 Title page of Edmund Coote, The English schoole-master, 1630. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto from the Folger Shakespeare Library 81
- 5.1 Thomas Jefferys, “The Royal Geographical Pastime or the Complete Tour of Europe,” 1768. With kind permission from the National Library of Wales 96
- 5.2 Carington Bowles, “The Royal Geographical Amusement or the European Traveller Designed from the Grand Tour by Dr Nugent,” 1770. With kind permission from the Yale Center for British Art 97
- 5.3 Thomas Kitchin, “A new and complete map of Scotland, and Islands thereto belonging,” 1767. With kind permission from the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library 99
- 6.1 Title page of Henry Bate Dudley, The Vauxhall Affray; or, the Macaronies Defeated, 1773. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto from the Folger Shakespeare Library 113
- 6.2 Henry Bate Dudley, The Vauxhall Affray; or, the Macaronies Defeated, 1773. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto from the Folger Shakespeare Library 120
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6.3 The Macaroni Sacrifice, 1773. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto from the Library of Congress 133 - 7.1 “A Catalogue of Globes,” by Joseph Moxon, 1679. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto from the Folger Shakespeare Library 148
- 7.2 Plate from Roger Palmer, The English Globe Being a Stabil and Immobil One, 1679. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto from the Folger Shakespeare Library 151
- 7.3 John Senex, “A New & Correct/Globe of ye Earth,” 1718. Photography © History of Science Museum. With kind permission of Oriel College Library and the History of Science Museum, University of Oxford 153
- 8.1 Title page of Death’s Master-Peece, [1649]. © The British Library Board 165
- 8.2 Title page of A Faithful Account of the Late Dreadful Fire in Southwark, [1676]. Photography by Bénédicte Miyamoto from the Folger Shakespeare Library 168
- 8.3 Verso of the Bill of Mortality for the week commencing 6 June 1665. Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0 182
- 9.1 Sample of Zachary Grey’s annotations in editions of Samuel Butler, Hudibras in Three Parts. Photography by James P. Ascher, private collection 190
- 9.2 Sample of Zachary Grey’s annotations in footnotes and endnotes of Samuel Butler, Poetical Works and various editions of Hudibras. Photography by James P. Ascher, private collection 191
- 9.3 A line of text from number 353 of The Philosophical Transactions, 1666. Photography by James P. Ascher, The New York Public Library; lower: Photography by James P. Ascher, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign 193
- 10.1 The Beginning, Progress and End of Man, 1654, all flaps closed. Houghton Library, Harvard University 216
- 10.2 The Beginning, Progress and End of Man, 1654, top flaps open and bottom flaps closed. Houghton Library, Harvard University 216
- 10.3 Panel 1 of Metamorphosis, or, A Transformation of Pictures with Poetical Explanations for The Amusement of Young Persons, 1816, top flap lifted, lower flap closed. Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library, Montreal 225
- 11.1 “Proposal (…) of ‘Westminster Abbey, and its Monuments,’” c.1810. © The Trustees of the British Museum 237
- 11.2 “Prospectus of (…) edition of the works of Lord Byron,” 1831. Photography by David Duff, personal collection 240
- 11.3 Prospectus to Encyclopædia Britannica, 1817. © University of Reading, Special Collections 243
- 11.4 John Hookham Frere, Prospectus and Specimen of an Intended National Work, 1818. Photography by David Duff, personal collection 249