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[GOLDSMITH'S COMPANY]. A list of the wardens, assistants and livery of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London.
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
London, London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[London], 1881 [1881]. 8vo. [2], 45pp, [14]. With an engraved title page. All edges gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. 11 x 17 cm. Contemporary gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco. Double gilt fillet lines and titling on spine. Covers with scrolling fleurons within double fillet gilt borders and floral corner pieces. Very slightly rubbed, spine very slightly worn at foot. The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, commonly known as the Goldsmiths' Company, is one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of London. The Company, which originates from the twelfth century, received a Royal Charter in 1327 and ranks fifth in the order of precedence of City Livery Companies. It was founded to regulate the craft or trade of the goldsmith, and has been responsible since 1300 for testing the quality of gold and silver. This edition includes such names as Richard Davies Matthey, early partner of Johnson Matthey & Co. -still today a British multinational company, listed on the London Stock Exchange and on the FTSE 250 Index. WorldCat locates British Library as the only library with a copy in the world. The first edition in the B.L. is dated 1802 and it was published thereafter at irregular intervals.. Hardcover. Very Good.
Details
- Bookseller
- Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5203
- Title
- [GOLDSMITH'S COMPANY]. A list of the wardens, assistants and livery of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- [London]
- Date Published
- 1881
Terms of Sale
Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
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About the Seller
Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
Biblio member since 2019
London, London
About Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
My online bookselling is Camden Lock books. I own Camden Lock Books & list books that are uncommon, in demand and may be hard to find.
My book expertise came with four years as Chairman of London P.B.F.A. , many more years of exhibiting at monthly London Rare Book Fairs & owning my own bookshops continuously since 1984.
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You can meet me on my stand at Firsts 2024, London's Rare Book Fair, at the Saatchi Gallery, London SW3 4RY, 16-19 May 2024.
I also am joint owner of Burley Fisher Books , an independent bookshop offering new and secondhand books.
My book expertise came with four years as Chairman of London P.B.F.A. , many more years of exhibiting at monthly London Rare Book Fairs & owning my own bookshops continuously since 1984.
Every book here was valued by the person who first bought it and will be just as prized by the person who buys it now from my shopping website.
I am an accredited professional & a full member of the ABA, ILAB and the IOBA, "Setting the standard. The books you want...from booksellers you can trust".
You can meet me on my stand at Firsts 2024, London's Rare Book Fair, at the Saatchi Gallery, London SW3 4RY, 16-19 May 2024.
I also am joint owner of Burley Fisher Books , an independent bookshop offering new and secondhand books.
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- Worldcat
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Morocco
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