The industrial revolution and the emergence of the middle class in Victorian Britain led to an unprecedented rise of supply and demand for consumer goods. To promote their products, small entrepreneurs started to…
This is the third post in a weekly miniseries about advertisements in 19th century books. You can read the first post in the series here, and the second here. Beekeeping in America began in the 1600s, with the…
This is the second post in a weekly miniseries about advertisements in 19th century books. You can read the first post in the series here. The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, commonly known as “Lodge’s…