EditorialThe English First Rate ship Prince. Draughtsman: Willem van de Velde (I). Dating: 1670 - 1693. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 310 mm ? w 625 mm.
EditorialA man carving a joint. The illustrated London cookery book, containing upwards of fifteen hundred first-rate receipts ... combined with useful hints on domestic economy. The whole based on many years' constant practice and experience; and addressed to ...
EditorialJerry Hawthorn, Corinthian Tom and Bob Logic fighting in a street with night watchmen. . Life in London, or the adventures of Jerry Hawthorn, who, from a chaw-bacon, became a first rate dandy of the milling order; Corinthian Tom, his accomplished Lond...
EditorialBritish Men of War, 18th century: first rate, man of war's barge, seventy four (74 guns) and lugger (top), fire brig, flat-bottomed boat, gun vessel (The Wolverine) and man of war's long boat (below). Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illu...