Tonson: Here is a sampling of advertisements from the eighteenth century. Of course ustomer, you know the importance of ads for a seller in getting word out about his products. In the final analysis, these ads are essentially all examples of a seller trying to make money.

A series of ads from The Gazetteer and London Daily Advertiser, dated Friday, July 2, 1756.36

This is an example of a proposal, an ad that gave a preview and summary for an upcoming work.37

 

A book ad from the London Morning Advertiser #945, dated October 2, 1741.38	An ad from the London Morning Advertiser #1236, dated November 1, 1742.39

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