Old English Plate. Ecclesiastical, Decorative and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks.
by Wilfred Joseph Cripps
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1914. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. A very smart and highly illustrated work regarding old English plate. The tenth edition of the work, first published in 1878. With 133 illustrations, and upwards of 2700 facsimiles of plate marks. Wilfred Joseph Cripps was a well known antiquarian and expert on antique silver plate. He wrote a number of works on the subject, with this relating specifically to English plate. In the original green cloth binding. Externally very smart with slight shelf wear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning to the extremities. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 838T2
- Title
- Old English Plate. Ecclesiastical, Decorative and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks.
- Author
- Wilfred Joseph Cripps
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- English Plate Collecting William Cripps Collecting
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...