Illustrations
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Old Dutch Signs Frontispiece
From a painting by Gerrit and Job Berkheyden
Zum Schiff, in Stuttgart Title-Page
Zum Ochsen, in Bietigheim, Württemberg vi
The Cock, in Fleet Street, London 2
Adam and Eve 5
From an engraving by Hogarth
Elefant and Castle, London 7
From an old woodcut
Engel, in Murrhardt, Württemberg 11
Zum Goldnen Anker in Besigheim, Württemberg 20
Engel, in Winnenden, Württemberg 24
Zum Rad, in Ravensburg, Württemberg 37
Zum Wilden Mann, in Esslingen, Württemberg 38
Roman Tavern Sign from Isernia, Italy 43
Campana and Canone d’Oro, in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Italy 44
Lamm, in Erlenbach, Württemberg 48
Zum Ritter, in Degerloch, Württemberg 65
The Good Woman, Old English Sign 67
Hie zum Kindli, in the Collection of the Antiquarian Society in Zürich 71
Adler, in Leonberg, Württemberg 76
Zum Rössle, in Bozen, Austria 83
Le Chat qui Dort, Musée Carnavalet, Paris 89
Affenwagen, Old Swiss Sign 91
Eagle and Child, Guildhall Museum, London 100
Krone, in Leonberg, Württemberg 102
The Falcon, in Chester, England 105
The Old Blue Boar, in Lincoln, England 115
Rose, in Murrhardt, Württemberg 121
The Rowing Barge, in Wallingford, England 125
The Trumpeter before a Tavern 128
From a painting by Du Jardin in Amsterdam
A Baker’s Sign in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Italy 135
The Half-Moon 136
From a painting by Teniers in London
Zur Post, in Leonberg, Württemberg 137
A Sign-Painter 142
From an engraving by Hogarth
Enseigne du Rémouleur, Paris 153
The Goat, in Kensington, London 163
Zum Goldnen Hirsch, in Leonberg, Württemberg 168
Trattoria del Gallo, in Tenda, Italy 184
Zum Löwen, in Bietigheim, Württemberg 186
The King of Württemberg, in Stuttgart 188
Zur Krone, in Degerloch, Württemberg 191
Butcher Sign in Oberstenfeld, Württemberg 197
The Dog and Pot, in London 214
Zur Post, in Bietigheim, Württemberg 218
Aux Trois Lapins, Old Parisian Sign 227
Lamb and Flag, in East Bath, England 236
The Swan, in Wells, England 238
Four Swans, in Waltham Cross, England 240
Salutation Inn, in Mangotsfield, England 244
A club sign from the museum in Taunton, England
The Pack-Horse, in Chippenham, England 246
Zum Hirschen, in Winnenden, Württemberg 253
Cavallo Bianco, in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Italy 260
Three Squirrels, in London 262
Zur Glocke, in Winnenden, Württemberg 264
Zum Schlüssel, in Bozen, Austria 267
The Dog in Shoreditch 270
From a woodcut in “A Vademecum for Malt-Worms,” in the British Museum
The Queen, in Exeter, England 272
Zum Storchen, a Modern Sign in Bietigheim 274
Zur Traube, in Stuttgart, Kolbstrasse 14 276
Sonne, in Neckarsulm, Württemberg 278
An Old Landlord 281
From the “Schachbuch,” Lübeck, 1489
Death and the Landlord 283
From a Dance of Death printed in the Fifteenth Century, now in the Court Library in Stuttgart
Zur Sonne in Winnenden, Württemberg 284
The George and Dragon, in Wargrave, England 286
Zum Postgarten, in München, Bavaria 289
The Cover-Design is from the sign of the “Goldene Sonne” in Leonberg, Württemberg
Old Tavern Signs
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