Joseph Richardson and Family, Philadelphia Silversmiths by Fales, Martha Gandy - 1974

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in blue cloth, bumping to spine head and foot, with silver lettering over turquoise label. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Many, many score illustrations and photographs in black-and-white. The front cover depicts a silver teapot crafted by Joseph Richardson in the 1730s. With illustrated endpapers, color frontispiece, 182 b/w photographs, The work was adapted from the author's Ph.D. dissertation, and her monograph remains to this day the the definitive reference work regarding the Richardsons including Joseph (1711-1784), Francis (1681-1729), Francis, Jr. (1705-1782), Joseph, Jr. (1752-1831), and Nathaniel (1754-1827). xviii [3], 4-340 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.