Two broadsheets printed by James Jenkin Trathan. 'Street Con...

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Two broadsheets printed by James Jenkin Trathan. 'Street Conversations' quarto sheet, 227mm x 183mm, no publisher, but in the style of Trathan, Flamouth, as below its contents referring to 'Trahans Exhibition of Paintings, Engravings, Minerals, Shells and Fancy Articles', this effectively being an advertising sheet for his 'Collection of 20,000 pieces', in the form of dialogue between Mr. O and Mr. Y, concluding that I take the earliest opportunity of paying him a visit before the best things are sold...', Falmouth, June 1823. 'Tea-Party Conversation,' a small 4to sheet, 223mm x 176mm, another advertising sheet, in the form of a conversation between Miss A, Mrs. Q and Messrs J. and Z, giving extensive lists of Mr. Tathan's wares for sale, Trathan, Priter, Falmouth, July 1st, 1822. (2) *Michael P. Cooper's (2006) 'Robbing the Sparry Garnitude: A 200 Year History of British Mineral Dealers, 1750-1950', records James Jenkin Trathan (1788-1880) and Jane Trathan, f1. 1823-1850 as 'in the mineral business by 1823, [and]...a printer from at least 1815 when his earliest known work, 'Directory of Falmouth', was produced' (p.265)