Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - SCARCE -CARLETON & HOVEY (pharmacy and patent medicine manufacturer based in Lowell, Massachusetts, established in 1827).Carleton & Hovey's handbook of names of men & women with their signification. (Lowell, Massachusetts): [rinted for] Carleton & Hovey, 1866. Edition unstated. Blue paper printed wraps with string binding. 26pp including verso of wraps. 12mo (4.75in x 3.1cm / 12cm x 8cm).Good condition. Some creasing to wraps, especially corners. Tiny closed tear to bottom corner recto. Light age-toning to pages. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images.This little advertising booklet issued by American pharmaceutical firm Carleton & Hovey contains a list of the most popular male and female Christian names of the day and their 'significance'. For example, Cassandra is 'she who inflames with love' amd Hector is 'a stout defender'. There are numerous adverts for remedies interspersed amongst the text. Scarce! key words:
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Non-Fiction Subject: Health, Treatments & Medicine
Year Printed: 1866
Binding: Paperback
Region: North America
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Carleton & Hovey
Place of Publication: Lowell, Massachusetts
